Let me offer my best felicitation on the semi- centenary jubilee of your splendid Chronicle, which you have edited with so much talent, knowledge, and discrimination, for so long a while as the worthy successor of the great Lindley. Wishing the Gardeners' Chronicle also in future a splendid success under your able leadership, I remain,
Ferd. von Mueller, Melbourne.
Letter not found. The text given here is from a full-page article, 'The jubilee year of the Gardeners' chronicle', Gardeners' chronicle, 30 May 1891, p. 688. Following a short history, the page consists of congratulatory statements from other journals, with a small number from individuals. The page was reprinted in a number of later issues. The letter is dated to April as the latest that it could have been sent. The latest dated message is from 'Le Jardin, Paris, March 20, 1891', which is consistent with a date of April for M's letter, although it is possible that he sent it much earlier.
Please cite as “FVM-91-04-00g,” 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