To Samuel Bindon1    28 June 1873

Melbourne Botanic Garden

28th June 1873

To the Chairman of the Committee of management of the Industrial Museum.

 

Sir

I have the honor to transmit herewith for the Technologic Museum samples of Alcohol, prepared from sawdust of Eucalyptus rostrata and Euc. globulus, also various kinds of oils, new to science, and also some other products, obtained from tar of Eucapyptus globulus, and elaborated under my direction in the laboratory of the Botanic Garden.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient servant

Ferd von Mueller, MD.

Director Botanic Garden

 

Number of bottles transmitted fourteen (fourteen)2 also two pieces of Pitch of Eucalyptus3

1
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
2
This word is repeated to clarify it because it was altered the first time it was written.
3
MS annotation: '[Sent] form of Acknowledgement 25 July 73'. For a a copy of the form, see Letter no. 46/I.T.M.73, Outward letter book 1870-9, p. 568, Industrial and Technological Museum and Public Library, held at Museum Victoria,

Please cite as “FVM-73-06-28b,” 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 20 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/73-06-28b