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Physical location:

Letter book 2, no. 88, Melbourne General Cemetery. 72.10.26

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Albert Purchas, 1872-10-26. 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/1870-9/1872/72-10-26-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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MS annotation by Purchas: 'Read 13-11-72 A.P. Acknowledged with thanks 15-11-72 A.P.'. Letter not found.
Melbourne bot Garden
26/10/72
I visited yesterday the old Cemetery, dear Major Purchase,
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i.e. Purchas.
and requested the Gardener there to report to you, how many of the Californian Pines, Himalaian Oaks, Pittosporums &c had been lost, so that I may learn the number with a view of restoring the lost plants, so far as it can be done at this season.
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See A. Purchas to M, 11 October 1872.
It is absolutely necessary that the grass should be cut at once before it goes fully into seeds. If the flower plots can be early cleaned of weeds, I will undertake to have additional sowings and plantings of florist flowers then also yet timely effected.
With best salutation
Ferd. von Mueller