The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ [From Dr. ¶ Mueller ¶ , concerning the cocoon's sent by the Council, stating he was in receipt of them, suggesting and requesting that a larger quantity be sent to the Exhibition.]...

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66.07.00d

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Rutherglen Borough Council, 1866-07 [66.07.00d]. 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/1860-9/1866/66-07-00d-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Correspondence' in the report of the meeting of the Rutherglen Borough Council held on 5 July 1866 (O vens and Murray advertiser , 7 July 1866, p. 2).

[From Dr. Mueller, concerning the cocoon's sent by the Council, stating he was in receipt of them, suggesting and requesting that a larger quantity be sent to the Exhibition.]

Rutherglen Borough Council exhibited a 'sample of indigenous silk' at the Intercolonial Exhibition in Melbourne that year (Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1867), p. 51).