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Physical location:

A72/2804, unit 597, VPRS 3991/P inward registered correspondence, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 72.03.19

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Gavan Duffy, 1872-03-19. 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/1870-9/1872/72-03-19-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne bot. Garden
19/3/72
Sir
I have the honor to submit for your favorable consideration, the propriety of distribution from the botanic Garden fresh seeds of the Jute, the Sunn and the Sesam
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i.e. Sesame.
for test culture in the warmer parts of this colony, and solicit that the following notice
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Notice not included in the file.
may appear in the Gov. Gazette.
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Annotation by Duffy: 'Appd'. The notice was published in Victoria. Government Gazette, no. 21, 12 April 1872, p. 711, headed 'Seeds of the Sunn, Jute and Gingelly Oil Plants for Test Culture'.
I have the honor to be, Sir, your obedient servant
Ferd. von Mueller
Direct. botan Garden
The hon the Chief Secretary &c &c