Office of Lands & Survey,
Melbourne, 6th. Feby., 1879.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communication of the 29th ultimo,1 relative to the proposed planting of trees along the new Military road from Sandridge2 to St Kilda, and beg to state that the land colored green on tracing, herewith,3 will be enclosed with a picket fence, in the course of about six weeks, with a view to its being planted during the ensuing planting season.
Will you be good enough to intimate what amount of money you consider would be required to judiciously plant the land referred to during the present financial year.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant
Secretary for Lands.4
Baron F. Von Müeller, C.M.G.,
Government Botanist,
Emerald Hill.5
Please cite as “FVM-79-02-06,” 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