[Read letter to Dr F. Mueller dated 24th Jany asking for the use of the Botanical Gardens for the next Exhibition.]2
Letter not found; item is a minute entry only. Thie letter was read at a meeting of the Horticultural Society of Victoria held on 4 February 1863. Toon was honorary Secretary of the Society. See M to the Horticultural Society pf Victoria, February 1863 (in this edition as 63-02-00b).
This exhibition was held on 28 February 1863. The press reported: 'But for a large contribution by Dr Mueller of ferns and other plants from the adjoining conservatories, and some novelties of the seedsmen, to be noticed presently, the show would have been but an insignificant affair' (Age, 2 March 1863, p. 7).
Please cite as “FVM-63-01-24b,” 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