To A. S. Wilson 4 [June] 18791
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Jan: 4. 1879
My dear Sir
Your excellent article in the Gardeners Chronicle has led, I have no doubt, to my receiving the enclosed letter, from a very great man, the Governor General of Turkestan, and he encloses his letter in an envelope worthy of his lofty position!—2 I should hope and think that a collection of the varieties of wheat from such little known regions might possess some interest. Shall I send them to you to describe or to do whatever you may think fit, whenever I receive them? If so, will you kindly make any memoranda which may be required, from the enclosed letter, which be so good as to return, as I must thank his Excellency for his gracious act.3
Pray believe me, my dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Wilson, Alexander Stephen. 1879. Experiments with kubanka and saxonica wheat: first year’s experiments and results. Gardeners’ Chronicle, 24 May 1879, pp. 652–4.
Summary
Mentions wheat varieties sent by Governor General of Turkestan.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11820
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alexander Stephen Wilson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 366
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11820,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11820.xml