William Brown (1835-1903), elected 24 March 1891 (Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, vol 13, p. xxxvi, 1891). The letter is dated to February 1891 as the latest that it could have been sent to have been dealt with at the March meeting.
The 19th century nomination forms of Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society have not been preserved, so it is not known who M nominated as Fellows, or how many. However, in the unsigned obituary of M published in the Gardeners' chronicle, 17 October 1896, pp. 464-6, it is stated that
One illustration of his zeal for horticulture is shown in the great numbers of Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society who were proposed by him. The Society, indeed, owes no little to the unselfish action of Baron Von Mueller, who, when the Society threw off South Kensington shackles, and started on its career of pure horticulture, expressed his sympathy in the way just mentioned. Indeed, in the last letter received from him shortly before the telegraph brought news of his death, there was a proposal-form for the election of yet another Australian Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society (p. 466).
Letter not found. The text given here is from Adelaide observer, 16 May 1891, p. 29.
Please cite as “FVM-91-02-00h,” 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