[Baron Von Mueller… asking for information re Marram Grass]
Letter not found. The text given here is from the minutes of meeting of the Port Fairy Borough Council held on 9 January 1895, 'correspondence inward'. The minutes reported: 'To be attended to'. The local press gave a fuller summary of M's letter than the minutes: 'From Baron Von Mueller, stating he had been requested by the hon. the Premier to obtain a quantity of marum [i.e. marram] grass seedlings for shipment to the Government of India, and asking the council to supply the requirement' (Port Fairy gazette, 11 January 1895, p. 2).
Please cite as “FVM-95-01-00,” 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