Jan 24th/63
Sir
In reply to your note dated 13th January,2 which I received on my return from the Alps of Gippsland, I have much pleasure to inform you that the use of the Botanical Gardens for the Autumnal exhibition of the Victorian Gardens Society3 will be readily concurred on the day mentioned in your letter, viz 7th March proxima and that every facility in my power will be afforded to the Society for furthering their objects on the occasion
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obedient Servant
Signed Ferd Mueller M.D.
Director of the Bot. Gardens
Letter not found. The letter was read at a monthly meeting of the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society held on 2 February 1863 and copied into the minutes of the meeting. The text given here is based on this copy.
See W. Somner to M, 13 January 1863.
Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society.
Please cite as “FVM-63-01-24a,” 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