Document information

Physical location:

Letter book 2, no. 60, Melbourne General Cemetery. 70.04.28

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Albert Purchas, 1870-04-28. 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/1870-9/1870/70-04-28-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS annotation by Purchas: 'Read | 11-5-70 | A.P.'. See also A. Purchas to M, 26 April 1870, and A. Purchas to M, 28 May 1870.
Bot Gard. 28/4/70
It will afford me much pleasure, dear Mr Purchas, to supply again this season plants to the Cemetery, as far as they are available. I hope however, that in justice to my establishment this new and my former gifts will be publicly acknowledged.
Your regardful
Ferd. von Mueller M.D.
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The minutes of a meeting of the Trustees held on 11 May 1870 record: 'Read reply to application to Dr Mueller for plants, granting the same, and hoping that they would be publicly acknowledged' (minute book 1).