To Thomas Purves1    5 March 1866

Botanic Gardens

5th March 1866

 

Sir,

Requested by Dr Mueller I have the honor of stating in reply to your favor of 2nd inst2 that he regrets that he has no funds available, so as to enable him to accede to your request of supplying Duplicates of the Fruit Models which are now being made up for the International Exhibition,3 to the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society. As however the models of the various fruits already made are preserved and as some of those made several years ago are also in a serviceable condition, you would probably be able to make arrangements with the artist who makes the models for us to obtain a set of Duplicates at less expense, as you would have to pay for painting & casting alone.

I subjoin the artist's name4 and have the honor to be, Sir

Your obedient

(signed) E. B. Heyne5

 

Mr T. Purves

Hon Secy V.H.I. Socy.

1
Letter written by M’s assistant Ernst Heyne on M’s behalf.
2
T. Purves to M, 2 March 1866 (in this edition as 66-03-02d).
3
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1867.
4
Thomas C. Thomas; see T. Thomas to M, 30 October 1866.
5
At the monthly meeting of 30 April 1866 the Society decided to follow up M's suggestion and enquire about the costs involved.

Please cite as “FVM-66-03-05,” 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 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/66-03-05