23 December 1867.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh1 having expressed a desire to obtain Official information respecting Victoria I have the honor to request that you will be so good as to furnish a Report at your earliest convenience in a complete and concise form on the Botanical Gardens of the Colony.2
(sd) J. Moore
The Director
Botanic Gardens.
Please cite as “FVM-67-12-23a,” 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