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From William Brown to Ferdinand von Mueller   14 Apr 1891

Dookie Agricultural College,

14th April, 1891.

The Council of Agricultural Education having authorized the establishment of an ARBORETUM, to contain the principal native and foreign economic Timber Trees, for the purpose of general reference, experimentation, and special education here, I beg the favor of the opinion of Sir Baron Von Mueller, J. Ednie Brown Esq., Director General of Forests, N.S.W., G. Perrin Esq., Conservator of Forests for Victoria, and D. Martin Esq., Secretary for Agriculture. In doing this they will put their initials, in the column assigned to each, against any variety1 they consider would not likely succeed at Dookie, and add, in the spaces between varieties,2 any they think have been omitted.3

W. Brown

Principal

1

M underlined this word and corrected it in the margin to 'species'.

2

M underlined this word and corrected it in the margin to 'species'.

3

M to W. Brown, 30 April 1891, is M's cover letter when he returned the list.

Please cite as “FVM-91-04-14,” 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/91-04-14