Frith Hill, Godalming.
April 16th. 1886.
W. B. Hemsley, Esq.
Dear Sir
I want to have a lantern-slide painted showing the fertilisation of Marcgravia by birds, as described by Belt.1,2 The figure given in your interesting paper in the Gardener’s Chronicle July 3rd. 1880, would I think do to copy, if you can kindly furnish me with the colouration of the pitchers, the flowers, and the flower stalks. Or perhaps you can furnish me with a reference to some coloured [2] figure which would do to copy, but it must be one exhibiting the inflorescence in a natural position.
Trusting you may be able to furnish me with the information I require without much trouble
Believe me | Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1437.3845)]
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To W.B. Hemsley2, Esq.), Frith Hill, Godalming.
April 16th. 1886.
Dear Sir
I want to have a lantern-slide painted showing the fertilisation of Maregravia [Marcgravia] by birds, as described by Belt3 4. The figure given in your interesting paper in the Gardener's Chronicle5 [sic] July 3rd. 1880, would I think do to copy, if you can kindly furnish me with the colouration of the pitchers, the flowers, and the flower stalks. Or perhaps you can furnish me with a reference to some coloured figure which would do to copy, but it must be one exhibiting the inflorescence in a natural position.
Trusting you may be able to furnish me with the information I require without much trouble
Believe me Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace. [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP1437.4240)]
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To W.B. Hemsley,1 Esq.), Frith Hill, Godalming.
April 16th. 1886.
Dear Sir
I want to have a lantern-slide painted showing the fertilisation of Maregravia [Marcgravia] by birds, as described by Belt.2,3 The figure given in your interesting paper in the Gardener's Chronicle [sic] July 3rd. 1880, would I think do to copy, if you can kindly furnish me with the colouration of the pitchers, the flowers, and the flower stalks. Or perhaps you can furnish me with a reference to some coloured figure which would do to copy, but it must be one exhibiting the inflorescence in a natural position.
Trusting you may be able to furnish me with the information I require without much trouble
Believe me | Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace. [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (cc) (WCP1437.1216)]
For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon
Please cite as “WCP1437,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on