From Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers   22 Apr 1880

Seeds procured accordingly and account forwarded herewith.1

Ferd. von Mueller

22/4/80

Account not found. On 28 April 1880, George Lane, Secretary of the Tender Board, wrote to Odgers saying 'Case of Seeds for the Government of Mauritius received too late to go by the outgoing Mail, it will however be despatched the first opportunity' (R80/4240, unit 1145, VPRS 3991/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).

MS is a note on a file forwarded to M by Odgers on 15 April 1880, containing a request for 'Ten pounds of "Eucalyptus Calophyllus" [and] Ten pounds of "Eucalyptus Rostrata"' seeds that had been made to the Chief Secretary by the Assistant Colonial Secretary, Mauritius, on instruction from the Governor, G. F. Bowen, on 24 February 1880.

Please cite as “FVM-80-04-22a,” 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 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/80-04-22a