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Lot #302
Alfred Wallace Autograph Letter Signed on Horticulture

Horticultural letter from the natural selection theorizer: "I am now attempting to grow Primulas in my stock and bog garden"

Estimate: $600+

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Horticultural letter from the natural selection theorizer: "I am now attempting to grow Primulas in my stock and bog garden"

British naturalist, explorer, and biologist (1823–1913) best known for proposing a theory of natural selection which prompted Charles Darwin to publish his own. ALS signed “Alfred R. Wallace,” one page, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, June 5, 1911. Handwritten letter to physician and botanist George Watt, in full: "I am now attempting to grow Primulas in my stock and bog garden; and I should be much obliged if you could let me have a copy of your 'Observations on Indian Primulas' (in the Journal of the R. Hort. Soc.) should you have a separate copy which you can spare." In fine condition, with scattered light foxing.

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