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WCP3848

Letter (WCP3848.3767)

[1]1,2

Broadstone, Wimborne

May 15th. 1907

The Director,3 Royal Gardens, Kew.

Dear Sir,

Mr D. H. Talbot4 of Sioux City, Iowa, has sent me a number of Photographs (with descriptions on back) of varieties of Maize, grown by himself, & which he thinks to be interesting, as examples of variation, heredity &c. and asks me to send them to "some leading Botanical Society".

Would they be of any interest to you, — or the “Joddrell” professor [2] or shall I send them to the Horticultural or Roy. Agricultural Societies?

They are quite useless to me, and I shall be happy to dispose of send them to any one who may be interested.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
In Prain’s handwriting, "Ansd. 16.v.07". The letter has not been found.
2
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 16 MAY.1907.”
3
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
4
Talbot, Daniel Hector (1850-1911). Sioux City businessman and amateur naturalist. Donator of thousands of specimens to University of Iowa.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3848.3767)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Tannock, Wendy [2015-04-13] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-13] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3848,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3848