From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey 23 May 1873
MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDEN.
APPLICATION FOR SUPPLY.
Mr M. Farrell,1
of Kilmore2
requests that he may be supplied with the following plants
from the Melbourne Botanic Garden for Kilmore Cemetery
LIST.
Space for about 120 trees, miscell
200 shrubs, miscell
Recommended already for approval to the Honorable the Minister,3 5/5/73
F.v.M
9/4 1873 Signature of Applicant M. Farrelly
Kilmore
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The items marked (X) can be supplied.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, 23 May 1873. Ferd. von Mueller Director.
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Received from the Gardens the above items, as marked approved.
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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.
Name probably entered incorrectly by Botanic Garden clerk; cf. the applicant's signature below.
Vic.
as far as available deleted. M had submitted Farrell's application with M to J. Casey, 19 May 1873.
Attached to the MS is a pencil sketch giving the dimensions and acreage of the cemetery, and a note by Farrelly: 'I have the honor to apply for such shrubs and trees as the Botanical Department may consider suitable for the ornamentation of the Kilmore Cemetery the area of which is 5 acres in rectangular form as in pencil above | M. Farrelly'. The note also bears some calculations suggesting 220 trees and 220 shrubs. 73-05-23a_image01.jpg
Please cite as “FVM-73-05-23a,” 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