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WCP3871

Letter (WCP3871.3790)

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The Dell. Grays, Essex.

August 2nd. 1871

Dear Dr. Hooker1

Can you oblige me by telling me if it has been observed, that the flowering plants of New Zealand are on the average as deficient in sweet-scented, as they are in conspicuously coloured flowers?

Excuse me for troubling you but I know no one else likely to be able to answer the question.

Yours very Sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Dr. J. D. Hooker

1
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). British botanist and explorer. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1865-85. President of the Royal Society 1873-78.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP3871.3790)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Pearson, Keon [2013-07-29] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-14] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-06-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3871,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3871