From Ferdinand von Mueller to John McDonald   [Aug 1892]

[Mr M'Donald, curator of the Colac Botanic Gardens, desires to acknowledge with thanks, the receipt of a large packet of flower seeds of many varieties from Baron von Mueller, Government botanist, for use in the Gardens]1

See notes to M to Town Clerk of Horsham, August 1892 (in this edition as 92-08-00g) for other councils that were sent seeds at this time.

Letter not found. The text given here is from Colac herald, 16 August 1892, p. [2], col. e. Receipt of the seeds had been included in the curator's report to the Council at its meeting on 11 August ('Colac Shire Council', Colac herald, 19 August 1892, p. [2]).

Please cite as “FVM-92-08-00i,” 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/92-08-00i