Document information

Physical location:

MS 12521 Victorian Horticultural Society, box 3401, pp. 194-5, La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 63.01.24a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to William Somner, 1863-01-24 [63.01.24a]. 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/1860-9/1863/63-01-24a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

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Letter not found. The letter was read at a monthly meeting of the Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society held on 2 February 1863 and copied into the minutes of the meeting. The text given here is based on this copy.
Jan 24th/63
Sir
In reply to your note dated 13th January,
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See W. Somner to M, 13 January 1863.
which I received on my return from the Alps of Gippsland, I have much pleasure to inform you that the use of the Botanical Gardens for the Autumnal exhibition of the Victorian Gardens Society
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Victorian Horticultural Improvement Society.
will be readily concurred on the day mentioned in your letter, viz 7th March proxima and that every facility in my power will be afforded to the Society for furthering their objects on the occasion
I have the honor to be Sir
Your obedient Servant
Signed Ferd Mueller M.D.
Director of the Bot. Gardens