[Marram grass for Indian Govt. owing to drought have only been enabled to get small quantity (herewith) Hope to have fair supply next Autumn.1]
M was sourcing seed of the grass from the Port Fairy Borough Council; in M to Port Fairy Borough Council, January 1896 (in this edition as 96-01-00), he had requested a supply for transmission in 1896.
Letter not found; MS is a register entry only, of an item dated 18 April 1896. Rogers was the Under Secretary in the Premier's Department at the time.
Please cite as “FVM-96-04-18,” 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