The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: 26 May 70. ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ I have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, stating that you will endeavour to supply the Department with the one hundred Pittos...

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No 416/70, unit 16, p. 672, VPRS 431, outward registered correspondence, Engineer in Chief, VA 2877, Department of Railways, Public Record Office, Victoria. 70.05.26

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Pittosporum
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Preferred Citation:

Thomas Higinbotham to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1870-05-26. 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/1870-9/1870/70-05-26-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

26 May 70.

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, stating that you will endeavour to supply the Department with the one hundred plants asked for.

In reply to your inquiry as to what varieties of are required, I beg to say that an assortment of strong plants of such varieties as you may be able to spare will suit the Department.

I have the honor to be,

Sir

Your obedt. servant

A. Wells

For & in the absence of the Engineer in Chief

Ferd[inan]d Von Mueller Esq. M.D. F.R.S. &c

Director Botanical Gardens

South Melbourne.

See M to T. Higinbotham, 24 May 1870, and M to T. Higinbotham, 27 May 1870 (in this edition as 70-05-27d).