FORM OF RECOMMENDATION
FOR A FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
E. Haviland Esq.,
Sydney
a gentleman attached to the study of Natural History, especially Botany being desirous of becoming a Fellow of the LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, we, whose names are underwritten, beg leave to recommend him to that Honour.
Ferd. Mueller M.D., FLS.
William Woolls Ph. D., F. L. S
Robt D Fitzgerald, F. L. S.
This recommendation must be signed by Three or more Fellows.
N.B. – The Christian name of the Candidate must be stated at length, as well as his Residence, and any special qualifications he may possess.
This certificate was read at a General Meeting of the Society, on the 4th day of June 18851
The Ballot will take place on the 18th day of June 18852
To have been read at the June meeting, the nomination form must have been completed by April 1885; the letter is numbered accordingly.
Annotated front: BDJ [B. D. Jackson]
back: Edwin Haviland elected 18 June 1885.
The file includes the obligation form signed by Haviland, undertaking to pay the fees while he remained a member.
Haviland withdrew from the Fellowship during the session 1888-89 (Proceedings of the Linnean Society, session 1888-89, p. 11).
M autograph manuscript and signature; other supporters' individual signatures.
Please cite as “FVM-85-04-00b,” 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