The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 21/8/68. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the issue of a small volume as a garden-guide. A publication of this kind would serve much ...

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Physical location:

Q68/11537, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 68.08.21a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Grant, 1868-08-21 [68.08.21a]. 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/1860-9/1868/68-08-21a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

MS annotation by J. M. Grant: 'Appd' [Approved]. However, the work appears not to have been published.

Melbourne bot Garden

21/8/68.

For reply, see C. Hodgkinson to M, 28 August 1868.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit, that you will be pleased to sanction the issue of a small volume as a garden-guide. A publication of this kind would serve much the purposes of useful information, and could be issued by a private publisher, who would find the sale of such a book remunerative. I for my own part desire no pecuniary advantage from such a publication.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your very obedient

Ferd. von Mueller

The hon J. M. Grant, M.P.

Pres. of the Board of Land & Works.

See also M to J. Hooker, 10 September 1868.