Melbourne
5 July 1886
Prof. Kirk, FLS,
Chief Conservator of State-Forests of New Zealand.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 14 June,1 I have the honor to inform you, that of the seeds, desired for the N. Z. Forest Department, the 50 lb of Eucalyptus rostrata will be sen[t]2 early next week. All the other sorts, specially required, have wholly or partly to be collected; but of those of E. marginata[,] E. regnans, E. Leucoxylon, E. obliqua and E. Gunnii a portion will be early […] and the rest […]sively, so that […] all events a portion of all these sorts will be available for early sowing, so soon as the frosty season has passed. Thus only the seeds of E. siderophloia may not be in time obtainable, altho' they will be also within reach during the spring or summer.
Each successive sending of seeds will be announced by a letter, accompanied by a bill of lading, and of each consignment will be rendered a separate special account.
I have the honor to be your obedient
Ferd. von Mueller
Eucalyptus marginata
Eucalyptus regnans
Eucalyptus Leucoxylon
Eucalyptus obliqua
Eucalyptus Gunnii
Eucalyptus siderophloia
Please cite as “FVM-86-07-05,” 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 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/86-07-05