The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Melbourne bot Garden ¶ 26/8/72 ¶ Indigo seeds ¶ ¶ Residents in the warmer parts of the colony can be supplied on application at the office of the Undersigned with fresh seeds of the East and West Ind...

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G72/18075, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 72.08.26b

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Notice, 1872-08-26 [72.08.26b]. 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/1870-9/1872/72-08-26b-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Melbourne bot Garden

26/8/72

Indigo seeds

Residents in the warmer parts of the colony can be supplied on application at the office of the Undersigned with fresh seeds of the East and West Indian and African kinds of Indigo plants for test-culture.

Ferd von Mueller,

Director of the botanic Garden.

M sought approval from the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, J. Casey, to issue the notice in M to J. Casey, 21 August 1872. On 27 August, the Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey, C. Hodgkinson, recommended: 'that this notice be inserted', and Casey initialled his approval on 29 August.The notice was published in Victoria g overnment gazette, 13 September 1872, p. 1693 (B72.09.07).

See also E. Agg to M, 16 September 1872 (in this edition as 72-09-16a).