The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne ¶ ¶ Botan Garden ¶ Aug 24. 1871 ¶ Gentlemen, ¶ ¶ I would feel greatly obliged if you would grant me the temporary loan of the work by Dr Darwin, containing his poem called "The Botanic Ga...

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VPRS 5831/PO/3, correspondence inward — miscellaneous letters, p. 130, VA 912 Trustees of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria 1869-1944, Public Record Office, Victoria. 71.08.24d

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Ferdinand von Mueller to the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library, 1871-08-24 [71.08.24d]. 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/1870-9/1871/71-08-24d-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

MS written by G. Luehmann and signed by M.

Melbourne Botan Garden

Aug 24. 1871

Gentlemen,

I would feel greatly obliged if you would grant me the temporary loan of the work by Dr Darwin, containing his poem called "The Botanic Garden".

E. Darwin (1791).

It is required by me in connection with a lecture which I have been requested to deliver at the Industrial and Technol. Museum.

MS annotation: 'Granted for the use of the Department Augustus Tulk Librarian'.

I am Gentlemen

your obedient

Ferd. von Mueller,

M.D.

The Trustees Publ. Library etc.