Document information

Physical location:

RB MSS M200c.8, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 81.04.25

Preferred Citation:

the K. K. Gartenbaugesellschaft, Vienna to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-04-25. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/81-04-25>, accessed September 11, 2025

1
MS is a certificate with a printed medallion at the top comprising a bust encircled by the inscription: 'Anton Victor Archid. Austriae' [Anton Victor Archduke of Austria].
Die k. k.
Gartenbaugesellschaft in Wien
ernennt
Herrn Dor Ferdinand Baron Mueller
Gouvernements-Botaniker in Melbourne
zu ihrem Ehren-Mitgliede.
Wien, am 25. April 1881.
Präsident
Carl Freiherr von Suttner
General-Secretär
Schirnhofer
The Imperial Royal Horticultural Society of Vienna appoints Baron Mueller, Government Botanist, Melbourne as an Honorary Member.
Vienna, 25 April 1881
President
Carl Baron von Suttner
General-Secretary
Schirnhofer
2
See also K. K. Gartenbaugesellschaft, Vienna, to M, 30 April 1881. The certificate is accompanied by a 2-page printed 'Programm zur feierlichen Schlusssteinlegung in der Blumen-Ausstellungs-Halle der k. k. Gartenbau-Gesellschaft in Wien' [Program of the celebratory laying of the foundation stone in the Flower Exhibition Hall of the Imperial Royal Horticultural Society of Vienna] and a 3-page printed greeting from the Society headed 'Eure Majestät!' [Your Majesty!].