22/2/96.
Would it be possible, honored Sir, to obtain seeds from your Marram-plantation this autumn, as I wish to send some to a distant country.
I can send you some shrub- and tree-seeds in return, and may have other seeds, which would prove acceptable to you.
Respectfully
your Ferd von Mueller
MS is stamped: 'Town Council Warrnambool 25/2/96'. Council minutes and the Warrnambool standard reported the receipt of M's letter. The Standard specifically mentioned that M's letter was addressed to Scoborio. The Council agreed to inform M that it would endeavour to comply with his request; see minute book 14, p. 371, 25 February 1896, Town Council records, City of Warrnambool archives, and Warrnambool standard, 27 February 1896, p. 2).
For reply, see H. Lawson to M, 26 February 1896 (in this edition as 96-02-26a).
Please cite as “FVM-96-02-22,” 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