MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDEN.
APPLICATION FOR SUPPLY.
Mr H Hughes
of Taradale1
requests that he may be supplied with the following
from the Melbourne Botanic Garden for
LIST.
X a few hop and Chinese & Assam teaplants
Submitted for the approval to the hon. the Minister of the Lands Department
11 June 1873. Signature of Applicant
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The items marked (X) can be supplied.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, 11 June 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.2
Vic.
A. Wallis minuted: 'As Mr Hughes requires these plants for test-culture, I think they should not be supplied unless a report of their adaptability or otherwise to the Taradale district is subsequently transmitted to the Dept of Agriculture by that gentleman.' On 18 June 1873, C. Hodgkinson added: 'I concur in this suggestion', and the Minister, James Casey, initialled the file on the same day. A letter was sent accordingly, presumably to Hughes, on 24 June.
See also H. Hughes to M, 10 June 1873 (in this edition as 73-06-10a).
Please cite as “FVM-73-06-11,” 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