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From Thomas Wilson to Ferdinand von Mueller   21 Jan 1882

Chief Secretary's Office,

Melbourne, 21 January 1882

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo,1 communicating your desire to obtain for this Colony a large collection of dried plants formed by a leading botanist of Europe,2 at a cost of £900, and in reply to inform you that the Chief Secretary declines to entertain the proposal.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

T. R. Wilson

The Government Botanist.

1

M to T. Wilson, 26 December 1881?

2

Wilhelm Sonder.

3

Document is a printed form (p. 31), with a handwritten record on a separate sheet (p. 290) of the details entered in the appropriate spaces.

Please cite as “FVM-82-01-21a,” 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/82-01-21a