To J. D. Hooker 6 January 1881
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan 6th 1881
My dear Hooker
The Bearer of this, the palaontologist Prof. W. Kowalevsky wishes to be introduced to you & to see the Gardens.1 He thinks that he shall be able to send some interesting plants from Turkestan to Kew
Ever yours | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
CD had recently met with Vladimir Onufrievich Kovalevsky and his wife, Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, in London (see letter to V. O. Kovalevsky, 1 and 6 January 1881). Hooker was director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Turkestan became a Russian province in 1867.
Summary
Letter of introduction for V. O. Kovalevsky.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12982
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Directors’ Correspondence DC/136/949)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12982,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12982.xml
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