The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden ¶ 25 March 61. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the insertion of the following advertisement during the month of April i...

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S61/2326, unit 749, VPRS 1189/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 61.03.25

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Richard Heales, 1861-03-25. 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/1860-9/1861/61-03-25-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne botanic & zoologic Garden

25 March 61.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the insertion of the following advertisement during the month of April in the Government Gazette.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller.

The honorable the Chief Secretary

The request was approved. The MS for the advertisement, surely sent as an enclosure, has not been found; the text given below is from Victoria. Government gazette, no. 52, 3 April 1861 (B61.04.14). The Argus drew the public's attention to the notice on 10 April 1861, p. 5, col. a.

Botanic Garden,

Melbourne, 25th March, 1861.

PLANTS, ETC., FOR DISTRIBUTION.

PLANTS, Cuttings, and Seeds can be supplied from the Botanic Garden to public institutions of the colony during the month of May, 1861.

FERD. MUELLER,

Government Botanist.