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WCP2128

Letter (WCP2128.2018)

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DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY

IOWA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANIC ARTS

AMES, IOWA

Jan 17, 1912.

Dr. Alfred R. Wallace,

Old Orchard, Broadstone,

Dorset, England.

My dear sir:

Your esteemed favor of November 20, 1911, at hand.

I am very sorry, indeed, that the plants which you mentioned I cannot obtain this season, but I have the promise of seeds of Dioenea and the Primulas, which I can get for you next year. I have somebody on the hund [hunt] for them and shall be glad to send them to you when I get them.

We do not have the Dioenea or Drosera in the this state. We have one little species of Primula, but this is a rare and local plant on the Iowa River, in the vicinity of Iowa Falls.

I can get some old seed of Primula Parryi, but I am afraid this would not grow. This is one of the most beautiful of the Rocky Mountain plants.

Yours truly, | L H Pammel2 [signature]

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The following text is printed on the upper right as part of the letter-head, opposite the address: "L. H. PAMMEL, PH.D., PROFESSOR, PATHOLOGY, GENERAL AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY | J. N. MARTIN, A.B., ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MORPHOLOGY | HARRIETTE S. KELLOG, A.M., CURATOR | A. L. BAKKE, B.S., M.S., INSTRUCTOR, PHYSIOLOGY | ADA HAYDEN, B.S., M.S., INSTRUCTOR, GENERAL BOTANY | H. S. DOTY, STUDENT ASSISTANT, MORPHOLOGY | BERTHA D. HERR, CLERK".
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Pammel, Louis Hermann (1862-1931). American botanist, conservationist, and professor of botany.

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Letter (cc) (WCP2128.6127)

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Jan. 17, 1912.

Dr. Alfred R. Wallace,

Old Orchard, Broadstone,

Dorset, England.

My dear sir:

Your esteemed favor of November 20, 1911, at hand.

I am very sorry, indeed, that the plants which you mentioned I cannot obtain this season, but I have the promise of seeds of Dioenea and the Primulas, which I can get for you next year. I have somebody on the hund [hunt] for them and shall be glad to send them to you when I get them.

We do not have the Dioenea or Drosera in this state. We have one little species of Primula, but this is a rare and local plant on the Iowa River, in the vicinity of Iowa Falls.

I can get some old seed of Primula Parryi, but I am afraid this would not grow. This is one of the most beautiful of the Rocky Mountain plants.

Yours truly, [L. H. Hermann]

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. Copy of WCP2128.2018.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (cc) (WCP2128.6127)]

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Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP2128,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2128