The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to request in the name of the Board of Governors of the Botanic Gardens Adelaide, that you will please to inform me by post at your earliest convenience, as follows ¶ ¶ On w...

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Physical location:

GRG/70/1/1 Letter book of the Botanic Gardens Committee, State Records, South Australia. 60.12.00d

Preferred Citation:

George Francis to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1860-12 [60.12.00d]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1860-9/1860/60-12-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Item is a file copy, unsigned, of a letter that would have been sent to each of the recipients by Francis, who was instructed to write it at the meeting of the Board of Governors held on 14 December 1860 (minute book 1855-1875, Adelaide Botanic Gardens).

Sir

I have the honor to request in the name of the Board of Governors of the Botanic Gardens Adelaide, that you will please to inform me by post at your earliest convenience, as follows

On what days of the week and what hours of the day are the Gardens at __ open to the public, and if your garden be only open during certain days and hours, what is the reason that the attendance is confined to such times

I am Sir

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Directors Bot. Gardens

Melbourne, Hobarton, Sydney, Launceston