The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 21st July [186]9 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd May last, ¶ stating that you have no seeds of the blue Gum or blackwood trees available for distribu...

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360/69, unit 15, p. 629, VPRS 431, outward registered correspondence, Engineer in Chief, VA 2877, Department of Railways, Public Record Off, Victoria. 69.07.21a

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Thomas Higinbotham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1869-07-21 [69.07.21a]. 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/1860-9/1869/69-07-21a-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

21st July [186]9

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd May last,

See M to T. Higinbotham, 22 May 1869 (in this edition as 69-05-22a).

stating that you have no seeds of the blue Gum or blackwood trees available for distribution, but that you will be glad to supply some miscellaneous young plants of trees, if provided with sketches of the ground prepared and protected.

In reply, I beg to say that it has not been found possible to prepare any plan of the proposed plantations; but that if you can supply the Department with 120 or 130 young plants of shrubs of any description for planting where some received from the Botanic Gardens last year, have failed I shall feel obliged.

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient servant

T. Higinbotham

Engineer in Chief

Dr Ferd. Von Mueller

Govt Botanist

Botanical Gardens

South Melbourne.