To William Nicholson   3 December 1859

Melbourne bot. & zool Garden,

3. Dec. 1859.

Sir

I have the honor to solicit in behalf of the Horticultural Society, that you will be pleased to permit the gates to be closed of the Botanical Garden on Saturday the 10th instant, in order that the Society may charge the usual entree of 1/ to Visitors of the Horticultural Summer show.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient & humblest servant

Ferd. Mueller.

Vice President Hortucult. Society

 

The honorable the Chief Secretary

&c &c &c1

On 7 December 1859 the Under Secretary, J. Moore, commented: 'This I believe has been the practise heretofore — if so, there can be no objection'.

See also J. Moore to M, 8 December 1859.

Please cite as “FVM-59-12-03,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells accessed on 29 March 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/59-12-03