To James McCulloch1    9 June 1865

Melbourne bot. Garden

9/6/65

Sir

I have the honor of returning herewith the documents referring to the intended Royal Horticultural Societys international fruit show and beg leave to suggest, as the exhibition will take place before the principle fruits and vegetables of the next season can be modelled and as but little for the purpose is available of last season, that Sir Will. Hooker of Kew may be requested to afford the loan of the specimens of fruits and vegetables exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 18622 and subsequently deposited at Kew for the temporary show of the Royal Horticultural Society and that also the Commissioners of the Dublin Exhibition3 may be asked to send the Victorian fruit models from thence temporarily to the Societys show, in each instance for exhibition only and not for competition, in as much as these specimens had been adjudicated on before.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

your most obedient and humble servant

Ferd. Mueller

 

The honorable the Chief Secretary4

1
On 28 February 1865 the Secretary of State for the Colonies, London forwarded to McCulloch a copy of a circular from the Royal Horticultural Society, London which offered a prize for the best collection of fruit and vegetables from the colonies. The circular was referred to M on 2 June (L65/4479, VPRS 3991, PROV), and also published in the Victorian Government Gazette.
2
International Exhibition, London, 1862.
3
International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, 1865.
4
McCulloch approved M’s suggestions on 18 June 1865 and requested the Governor, C. Darling, to convey this suggestion to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Please cite as “FVM-65-06-09,” 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 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/65-06-09