From Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey   18 June 1873

MELBOURNE BOTANIC GARDEN.

APPLICATION FOR SUPPLY.

Mr Thomas Ryan

of Melbourne

requests that he may be supplied with the following

from the Melbourne Botanic Garden for

LIST.

X some branchlets of Medicinal Broom

Submitted for approval to the hon. the Minister of the Lands Department

18/6/73. Fv.M

17/6 1873. Signature of Applicant Thomas Ryan

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The items marked (X) can be supplied.

Melbourne Botanic Garden, 18/6 1873 Ferd. von Mueller Director.

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

18/6 1873.

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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.1

On 23 June 1873 the Secretary of Agriculture, A. Wallis, minuted that he presumed there could be no objection to Ryan's application. The Assistant Commissioner for Crown Lands and Survey, C. Hodgkinson, concurred with Wallis's opinion on 25 June, and Casey approved their recommendation on 27 June.

Please cite as “FVM-73-06-18c,” 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/73-06-18c