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V70/864, unit 695, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 70.03.25a

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Ferdinand von Mueller to William Odgers, 1870-03-25 [70.03.25a]. 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/1870-9/1870/70-03-25a-final.odt>, accessed May 15, 2026

Melbourne botanic Garden
25/3/70
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that in accordance with the instructions of the honorable the Chief Secretary
1
See W. Odgers to M, 3 September 1869.
I have now secured the required quantity of seed of the Ironbark tree (
Eucalyptus Sideroxylon

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) for the Central Government of India; and I beg herewith now to send seventeen pounds weight, fresh collected, and carefully packed into a tinlined case, addressed to the Assistant Secret. to Foreign Departm. Calcutta This consignment completes now the order from the General Government at Calcutta, three pounds weight of the seeds of
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having been sent by the January mail along with the finishing portion of the seeds of
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.
2
See M to J. MacPherson, 28 January 1870.
I beg to annex herewith the voucher
3
MS annotation by W. Odgers: 'Not here WHO'.
for the whole 20 lb of the seed of
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, no account of the three pounds previously sent having been brought in. The price, 30/ pr lb, is the lowest at which these seeds were obtainable, the collecting of this kind of seed being far more difficult, than that of
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I have the honor to be,
Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd von Mueller, M.D.,
Director of the botan. Garden.
W. H. Odgers Esqr &c &c &c
Undersecretary