18th August 1885
Sir,
I am directed by the Governor to acquaint you that His Excellency has received from the R. H.1 the Secretary of State for the Colonies a despatch in which he is requested to transmit to you a Gold medal awarded to you by the Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation de France which I now take the opportunity of enclosing herewith as also a copy of the correspondence in connection with it2
I have &c
(sd) F. W. Traill
Sir Ferdinand von Mueller K.C.M.G.
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Correspondence not found. M's award of the gold medal offered by the French Ministry of Agriculture was announced at the annual public meeting of the Société nationale d'acclimatation de France on 5 June 1885 ( Bulletin de la Société nationale d'acclimatation de France, series 4, vol. 2, 1885, p. clxiii). The citation was
Dès les premières années de sa fondation, la Société, reconnaissante d'importants services rendus, décerna à M. le baron von Mueller le titre de membre honoraire. Depuis cette époque, M. Mueller s'est tenu en rapport constant avec notre association, et chaque année des envois d'ouvrages sur la flore australienne ou de graines de plantes intéressantes de ce pays nous ont été faits par le savant directeur du jardin botanique de Melbourne.
Parmi les publications reçues dans ces derniers temps, nous signalerons un ouvrage considérable et d'une très grande valeur: l'Eucalyplographia. Nul mieux que M. Mueller n'était plus en mesure de mener à bien un semblable travail et nous pouvons dire qu'il a pleinement réussi dans cette difficile entreprise.
La Société décerne à M. le baron von Mueller la médaille d'or offerte par le Ministre de l'Agriculture.
[From the first years of its founding, the Society, grateful for important services, awarded Baron von Mueller the title of honorary member. Since that time M. Mueller has kept in constant contact with our association, and each year the learned director of the Melbourne botanical garden has sent us works on the Australian flora or seeds of interesting plants from that country.
Among the publications received in recent times, we shall mention a considerable work, one of very great value: the Eucalyplographia . No one better than Mr. Mueller was more prepared to manage such a task, and we can say that he has fully succeeded in this difficult undertaking.
The Society awards M. Baron von Mueller the gold medal offered by the Minister of Agriculture.]
The medal is now in the State Library of New South Wales, Sir William Dixson numismatic collection, DN/M 1466.
Please cite as “FVM-85-08-18a,” 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/85-08-18a