Document information

Physical location:

MS 12521 Victorian Horticultural Society records, Box 3401, p. 109, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 61.09.19

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Joseph Harris, 1861-09-19. 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//letters/1860-9/1861/61-09-19-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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See also J. Harris to M, 17 September 1861.
19/9/61
Sir
I have much pleasure in informing you that the honorable the Chief Secretary has been pleased to approve of my recommendation, that the V. G. M. I. Society
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Victorian Gardeners' Mutual Improvement Society, Melbourne.
may avail itself of the Botanic Gardens, for holding their intended Spring Exhibition, & that the customary entrance fee may be raised at the garden gates on the occasion, provided that the Society will not enforce such contributions from those persons who may be unwilling to give up the general privilege of the public, to have free access to the gardens. I beg to add that the Society will find me most ready to render such assistance as may be within my power, for the furtherance of the Exhibition —
I have the honor to be Sir,
your most obedt
F. Mueller
to J. Harris, Hon. Sec. of the V. G. M. I. S.
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See also M to J. Harris, 27 September 1861.