The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: Friday ¶ ¶ The very few men, left me in the Garden, dear Sir Redmond, are required to day to clear up a little for Queensbirthday & Sunday. But so far as my ruinously reduced means will admit of it (...

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Physical location:

UM312 1873/13, Registrar's correspondence, University of Melbourne Archives, Melbourne. 73.05.16

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Redmond Barry, 1873-05-16. 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/1870-9/1873/73-05-16-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

Friday

The very few men, left me in the Garden, dear Sir Redmond, are required to day to clear up a little for Queensbirthday & Sunday. But so far as my ruinously reduced means will admit of it (we cannot even keep down the weeds) your application for plants again shall have my attention any early morning hour next week.

MS annotation by R. Barry on 22 May: 'To the Registrar Please order Elliott [Alexander Elliott, head gardener] to make his arrangements to call on Dr Mueller on Tuesday next May 27. with a cart at 9 AM'. The date of Barry's note reveals, by implication, the date on which M's letter was written. '23rd May 1873' has been written at the top of the letter in an unknown hand; this will be the date on which it was received, with Barry's annotation, at the University Registrar's Office.

I trust that this time my help after so many years will be for the benefit of my Department publicly acknowledged.

See also M to R. Barry, 29 April 1873 (in this edition as 73-04-29b).

Regradfully your

Ferd. von Mueller