Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 17th inst.1 I have the honor to inform you, that the Hon. the Chief Secretary, on my recommendation, has approved of the application of the Vict. Hort. Improv. Socy,2 to hold a horticultural Exhibition in the Botanic Garden on the 18th March 1871 this concession being granted on an understanding that the restrictions adopted on form3 so similar occasions will be in force. In reference to these and other details I should be glad to make arrangements with you at my office.
I have &c
Signed Ferd von Mueller
To Mr Paton
Hon Secy
Permission to use the Garden was requested in W. Paton to M, 17 February 1871.
Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society.
former?
Letter not found. Text taken from a copy in the Society's minute book, p. 445. The letter was received by the Society on 24 February 1871; it was probably sent the previous day and is dated accordingly.
Please cite as “FVM-71-02-23a,” 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