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WCP3849

Letter (WCP3849.3768)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimborne

May 17th. 1907

The Director2 Roy. Bot. Gardens

Dear Sir

I send you Mr Talbot's3 Photos. Also his letter4 to me which you need not return. He seems to have rather vague notions of the problems of Inheritance. When in America in 18875 I met him & saw his Museum & Farm, and he struck me as a very clever & enthusiastic experimenter & naturalist. I think if you wrote to him he would be glad to send you any specimens or make any experiments you [2] suggest as being useful.

He has had great misfortunes but is still eager to work.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]5

Thanks herewith

52/1907 May 20

to Mr Wallace

& to Mr Talbot

J. H. H.

1
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 18 MAY.1907.”
2
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
3
Talbot, Daniel Hector (1850-1911). Sioux City businessman and amateur naturalist. Donator of thousands of specimens to University of Iowa.
4
The letter has not been found.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Bevan, Deniz [2014-06-16] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3849,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3849