Botanic Museum
Melbourne, 6th January 1874
Sir
I have the honor to bring under your notice that when the Department of Agriculture took possession of the laboratory, situated in the botanical reserve, a number of plants, which I had placed there for the purpose of being dried, were removed thence to the botanic garden, before I was informed that the laboratory building would be utilized again.
The present curator of the garden says that he cannot deliver up the plants without receiving an order to that effect, and I have therefore now the honor to request that you will be good enough to cause these plants to be returned to the botanic museum.1
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
The Under Secretary
Please cite as “FVM-74-01-06,” 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