Document information

Physical location:

No. 1355, vol. 1889 N, VPRS 1168/P inward correspondence registers, VA 475 Chief Secretary's Department, Public Record Office, Victoria. 89.01.00a

Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Alfred Deakin, 1889-01 [89.01.00a]. 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/1880-9/1889/89-01-00a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
Letter not found; item is a register entry only, entered on 31 January 1889.
[Giant fern. To send to Paris Exhibn]
2
Exposition universelle, Paris, 1889. M's letter was referred to Victoria's Paris Exhibition Commissioners on 1 February 1889 asking 'Any space'. No response is recorded on the register. M, as 'Muller, Baron von' is listed as exhibiting ' F erns', in 'Class 79, Flowers and Ornamental Plants' ( Exposition universelle de 1889 (1889), p. 132 ) , in the section listing exhibits from Victoria. The Victorian section has a note ' [For details of Exhibits, see Special Catalogue issued by the Royal Commissio n] ' (p. 132). The Special Catalogue has not been found.