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 Eucalyptus 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)1 also two pieces of Pitch of Eucalyptus2
Eucalyptus globulus
Eucalyptus rostrata
This word is repeated to clarify it because it was altered the first time it was written.
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.
MS written by Georg Luehmann and signed by M.
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