Sir
I have to acknowledge on behalf of the above Society,1 the receipt of your new work entitled "Plants Indigenous to Victoria"2 — the volume was laid before the meeting of the Society held last evening & I am instructed to convey to you the sincere & hearty thanks of the Society for your kindness & liberality in presenting this valuable & handsome work
I have the honor to remain &c &c
Joseph Harris
Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society. The society had previously been known as the Victorian Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Society but changed its name in February 1862; see Argus, 11 February 1862, p. 4.
B62.03.03.
Letter written into the minutes of a meeting of the Society held on 14 April 1862.
Please cite as “FVM-62-04-15d,” 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