WCP2210

Letter (WCP2210.2100)

[1]1

13 Kew Gardens Road,

Kew

9 May 1894

Dear Sir,

In reply to yours of today’s date I am posting a spare copy of my paper in the Trans[actions]. [of the] Roy[al]. Soc[iety].2 to you. The word Linn[aeus]. (instead of Roy[al].) may have been a slip of mine; but I noticed when I saw my letter in print in Nature3 that the Editor had altered my citation —

If you give a very hasty glance at Drude’s4 Map of Botanic Regions in the last edit[ion]. of Berghaus Physical Atlas5 I think you will be satisfied that any "tabulation" on such a Map as that is impracticable —

I believe the general opinion, both here at Kew6, and at the British Museum, is that my simplified Map requires more simplification —

Yours with much regard | C. B. Clarke [signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq[ui]re

1
Page numbered "338" in pencil in top RH corner.
2
Clarke, C. B. (1892) On Biologic Regions and Tabulation Areas Phil Trans R Soc B. Vol. 183, p. 371.
3
Clarke C. B. (1894) Zoological Regions Nature Vol. 50, p. 7.
4
Drude, Carl Georg Oscar (1852-1933). German botanist, Chair of botany at Dresden Technical University 1879-1920. He is noted for his research in plant geography, which included mapping of the world's different floristic zones.
5
Berghaus, Heinrich (1797-1884). German geographer most famed for his cartographical work. His greatest achievement was the Physikalischer Atlas (Physical Atlas) (Gotha, 1838-1848), with which his nephew Hermann Berghaus (1828-1890) was also associated.
6
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-05-21] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-05-21] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

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