Note by T.H. Kneen 8 July 1992, "The reference to the planting of this tree in "Green Grows Our Garden" is not correct. Correspondence from Charles French held in the archives indicates that the Horticultural Society of Victoria met at Burnley in 1857 and Charles French then an apprentice in a nursery at Richmond was asked to plant the tree. The writer of G.G.O.G. did not see this correspondence and relied on my recollections which proved to be faulty."View of the Sequoia sempervirens and Jacaranda mimosafolia and the beds in front. Labelled, "Sequoia sempervirens planted by Charles French 1857."charles french, green grows our garden, horticultural society of victoria, nursery, sequoia sempervirens, jacaranda mimosafolia

Black and white photograph of the Californian Redwood or Sequoia sempervirens which forms the central axis of the Ornamental Garden. Jacaranda mimosafolia on the right and garden beds surrounding it.24/7/48 703/8 22e. m. gibson collection. trees, sequoia sempervirens, californian redwood, jacaranda mimosafolia, garden beds