South Yarra,1
22/7/94.
Ch. Topp Esqr. M.A., F.L.S., B.Sc. &c
Under Secretary.
Sir.
I have the honor to report, that I received yesterday a large bag full of the seeds of one of the best Salt-bushes of Australia (Atriplex vesicarium)2 from A. McFarland Esqr of Thelingerim near Hay3 as gathered at superior sheep-pastures there on my special solicitation This gathering must have required much exertion and involved considerable expense to the generous Donor. May I therefore suggest, that Mr M'Farland as a slight return-gift receive on behalf of the Government and direct through the Governm. Printing Office the nine decades of the "Iconography of salsolaceous plants" hitherto published.4
I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller,
Gov. Botanist.
Atriplex vesicarium
Melbourne.
The typed copy has 'vesitarium'; the typist was evidently unfamiliar with M's 'c'.
Thelangerim, a homestead 45 km from Hay, NSW?
B89.13.04, 90.13.14, B91.13.24. The Chief Secretary, J. Patterson, minuted his approval of M's request on 24 July 1894. On 3 August. G. Bell, for the Under Secretary, minuted that the file, along with a copy of the letter sent to McFarland, had been forwarded to M. On 10 August M returned the file with 'grateful acknowledgement of Sir James Patterson's the Chief Secretary's kindness'. The next day the matter was referred to the Government Printer, R. Brain, who replied, 'Supplied accordingly'.
See also M to T. Wilson, 5 February 1894.
The file contains a typed copy of this letter made at the Chief Secretary's Department.
Please cite as “FVM-94-07-22a,” 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