The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 16/8/72 ¶ Sir ¶ ¶ In reply to your letter, ¶ Letter not found. ¶ ¶ referring to my proposal of issuing sets of plants for educational purposes, I have the honor of now submitt...

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E72/17489, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 72.08.16

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey, 1872-08-16. 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/1870-9/1872/72-08-16-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot Garden

16/8/72

Sir

In reply to your letter,

Letter not found.

referring to my proposal of issuing sets of plants for educational purposes, I have the honor of now submitting to you a few samples to indicate the form of the publication and the manner in which it might be carried out.

See Lucas, Maroske & Brown-May (2006), pp. 34-6, and Maroske (2007).

I have the honor to be,

Sir, your obedient servant

Ferd. von Mueller,

Direct. botan. Garden

The honorable J. J. Casey &c &c

Minister of the Lands Department

Casey noted on 19 August 1872: 'Ack & say that as soon as I can obtain a little spare time I would like to have an interview with the Govt Botanist upon this & other subjects connected with the gardens'. This response was communicated in C. Hodgkinson to M, 21 August 1872 (in this edition as 72-08-21b).