13th July 1866
Sir
I have the honor to inform you, that the Honble The Chief Secy has been pleased to concede on my recommendation to the H. Imp. Society the concession to hold their vernal Exhibition in the Botanic Gardens on the 20th October under the ordinary regulations and arrangements formerly in place.1 I am Sir
Yours &c
(Signed) Fred2 Mueller.
The Society subsequently decided not to hold the show because of the International Exhibition being held in Melbourne at the same time, on the ground that 'it would prove injurious to the interests of the Society'; see the Society's minutes, 24 September 1866 and 21 January 1867.
sic.
Letter not found; copy written into minutes of the meetings of the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society, immediately following the text of T. Purves to M, May 1866 (in this edition as 66-05-00), in which Purves had sought permission for the Society to hold its Spring Show in the Botanic Gareden.
Please cite as “FVM-66-07-13,” 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