Document information

Physical location:

Box 7, Council correspondence, Bendigo Regional Archives Centre, Bendigo. 72.05.07b

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to George Fletcher, 1872-05-07 [72.05.07b]. 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/1870-9/1872/72-05-07b-final.odt>, accessed June 15, 2026

Melbourne bot Garden
7/5/72
It affords me much pleasure, dear Mr Fletcher, to introduce to you Mr Homeyer, a Gentleman, who was educated as a Horticulturist at one of the best school for Gardening in Prussia. Mr Homeyer is anxious to obtain the Curatorship of your public garden, and I feel convinced that, if the Sandhurst
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Now Bendigo, Vic.
Council will entrust to him the Administration of its Gardenground, you will gain the services of a zealous and enlightened man.
With best regards
Ferd. von Mueller
M.D., PhD.