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To J. D. Hooker   6 January 1881

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Jan 6th 1881

My dear Hooker

The Bearer of this, the palaontologist Prof. W. Kowalevsky wishes to be introduced to you & to see the Gardens.1 He thinks that he shall be able to send some interesting plants from Turkestan to Kew

Ever yours | Ch. Darwin

1
CD had recently met with Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky and his wife, Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, in London (see letter to V. O. Kovalevsky, 1 and 6 January 1881). Hooker was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Turkestan became a Russian province in 1867.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12982,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12982