Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
June 4th 1879
Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge the honour which your Excellency has conferred on me by your letter of the 27th of April, & by your most obliging promised gift of the several varieties of Triticum, cultivated in the countries under your Excellency’s command.—1 These specimens will no doubt arrive in due time. I have not myself of late years attended to this subject; & I will therefore place the specimens in the hands of the most competent observer, whom I can discover in Great Britain,—probably Professor Alex. Wilson.2 These specimens will probably prove of the highest interest.
Again thanking your Excellency for your kindness to me, & for your zeal for Science I begg leave to remain | Sir | Your obliged servant | Charles Darwin.
Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12081F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on