From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey   22 May 1873

MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDEN.

APPLICATION FOR SUPPLY.

Will I. Brown Esq, Secretary

of trustees

requests that he may be supplied with the following

from the Melbourne Botanic Garden for the Darraweit-Guim1 Cemetery

LIST.

Shrubs & trees, no specifications given

X A few trees & shrubs of the least value, as the former ones were largely destroyed by rabbits

Recommender2 for approval,3 to the Honorable the Minister 5/5/73

187 Signature of Applicant

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The items marked (X) can be supplied.

Melbourne Botanic Garden, 22 May 1873. Ferd. von Mueller Director

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Received from the Gardens the above items, as marked approved.

187

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Notice. — No plants, cuttings, or seeds will be issued from these Gardens unless in exchange, or for public institutions or benevolent purposes.

Vic.

Recommended?

as far as available, deleted and initialled by M. M had submitted Brown's application with M to J. Casey, 19 May 1873.

See also W. Brown to M, 22 April 1873 (in this edition as 73-04-22a).

Please cite as “FVM-73-05-22r,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/73-05-22r