26. May. [18]77.1
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge with thanks, receipt by steamer of a bag of roots of plants for sowing in drift sand.
The plants have been set, and are likely to do well.
The Curator of the Botanical Gardens2 informs me that there are already very many of these plants growing near the sea-shore, and thriving in a healthy state.
I have the honor to be
Sir
Your obedient Servant
Henry T. Read.
Town Clerk.
Baron Von Mueller
Government Botanist
Please cite as “FVM-77-05-26,” 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