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RB MSS M200b.9, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 62.10.28a

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the Committee of Acclimatization of Fauna and Flora, Moscow to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1862-10-28 [62.10.28a]. 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/1860-9/1862/62-10-28a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Document is a certificate bearing the seal and the coat of arms of the Society.
Комитетъ Акклиматизаціи животныхъ и растеній Императорскаго Московскаго Общества Сельскаго Хозяйства, состоящій подъ покровительствомъ Его Императорскаго Высочества Великаго Князя Николая Николаевича Старшаго, въ заседаніи 28го Октября 1862 года избралъ въ свои Действительные Члены, Доктора Философіи Вице-Пресидента Общества Акклиматисаціи "Викторіи" Директора Ботаническаго и Зоологическаго въ Мельбурнеъ Мюллера.
Покровитель Николай
Членъ Дирекции Комита А. Богдановъ
Ученый Секретарь Яковъ Каминовскій.
The Committee of Acclimatization of Fauna and Flora of the Imperial Moscow Society of Agriculture, existing under the patronage of His Imperial Highness, The Grand Duke Nikolai Nicholaievich the elder, in the session of 28th October 1862
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Date is Old Style (that is, according to the Julian calendar still in use in Russia at the time); it has not been converted to the Gregorian calendar equivalent.
elected as their own full member the Doctor of Philosophy, Vice-President of the Society of Acclimatisation of Victoria, and Director of the Botanical and Zoological Garden in Melbourne, Mueller.
Patron Nikolai
Member of the Directing Committee A. Bogdanov
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Often transliterated in 19th-century documents, including one that appears in this edition, as Bogdanoff.
Professional Secretary Yakov Kaminovskii.