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I73/9275, unit 750, VPRS 44/P inward registered and unregistered correspondence, VA 538 Department of Crown Lands and Survey, Public Record Office, Victoria. 73.05.22g
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Eucalyptus globulus
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Ferdinand von Mueller to James Casey, 1873-05-22 [73.05.22g]. 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/1870-9/1873/73-05-22g-final.odt>, accessed September 5, 2026
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MS annotation by A. Wallis: 'Received 7.5.73. | A.R.W.'
The postscript of a letter survives in which Meyler states: 'I have been requested
to ask Baron Von Mueller if he will have the kindness to supply at the same time and
to the same agent, Mr John Hedrick, for the Trustees of the Winchelsea Presbyterian
Church (of whom I am one) an assortment, including
blue gums
, of ornamental trees for the Church reserve of which three quarters of an acre will
soon be prepared' (I73/9275, unit 750, VPRS 44/P, Public Record Office, Victoria).
APPLICATION FOR SUPPLY.
Henry Meyler
of Winchelsea
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Vic.
requests that he may be supplied with the following plants
from the Melbourne Botanic Garden for Presbyterian Church Winchelsea
LIST
trees &c.
X 75 miscell trees, includ Euc glob.
.
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Eucalyptus globulus
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Recommended for approval,
to the Honorable the Minister 5/5/73
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as far as available, deleted and initialled by M
. M had submitted Meyler's application with M to J. Casey, 19 May 1873.
187.
Signature of Applicant
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The items marked (X) can be supplied.
Melbourne Botanic Garden, 22 May 1873. Ferd. von Mueller Director.
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Received from the Gardens the above items, as marked approved.
187.
N
otice
. — No plants, cuttings, or seeds will be issued from these Gardens unless in exchange,
or for public institutions or benevolent purposes