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WCP1445

Letter (WCP1445.3856)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

June 15th. 1901

W. B. Hemsley3Esq.

Dear Mr. Hemsley

I am now preparing a new edition of my "Island Life"4 and shall be much obliged if you can refer me to any additions to, or general account of, the flora of the Galapagos since your "Report on Insular Floras".5 Also if there is anything of importance more recent on the Madagascar flora, than Mr R. Baron’s6 paper [2] in Jour of Linn. Soc. Vol XXV.

Also I shall be glad to know if any recent account, in English or French, of the flora of Celebes, has been published.

Excuse my troubling you, but I known no one but yourself who is sure to know of all the recent literature on this subject.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd references etc. latest 18.07.1901”.
2
In red ink by Hemsley, “various articles sent including Madag. From Sc. Progr and Galapagos 5.vii.’01.”
3
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924). British botanist; Keeper at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1899-1908.
4
Wallace, A. R. 1902. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan and Co.
5
Hemsley, William Botting. 1885. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ... and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N: Introduction to the Reports on Insular Floras. London: Longmans & Co.
6
Baron, Richard. 1894. Further contributions to the Flora of Central Madagascar. Communicated by J. G. Baker. Journal of the Linnean Society: Botany, vol. 25, pp. 317-353.

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[1]

To W.B.Hemsley, Esq.)

Parkstone, Dorset. June 15th. 1901.

Dear Mr Hemsley

I am now preparing a new edition of my "Island Life" and shall be much obliged if you can refer me to any additions to, or general account of, the flora of the Galapagos since your report "Report on Insular Floras". Also if there is any t thing of importance more recent on the Madagasca[r] flora, than Mr. R.Baron's paper in Jour. of Linn. Soc. Vol. 25.

Also I should be glad to know if any recent account, in English or French, of the flora of Celebes, has been published.

Excuse my troubling you, but I know no one but yourself who is sure to know of all the recent literature on this subject.

Yours very truly Alfred R. Wallace.

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Transcription (cc) (WCP1445.1224)

[1]

To W.B.Hemsley, Esq.)

Parkstone, Dorset. June 15th. 1901.

Dear Mr Hemsley

I am now preparing a new edition of my "Island Life" and shall be much obliged if you can refer me to any additions to, or general account of, the flora of the Galapagos since your report "Report on Insular Floras". Also if there is any t thing of importance more recent on the Madagasca[r] flora, than Mr. R.Baron's paper in Jour. of Linn. Soc. Vol. 25.

Also I should be glad to know if any recent account, in English or French, of the flora of Celebes, has been published.

Excuse my troubling you, but I know no one but yourself who is sure to know of all the recent literature on this subject.

Yours very truly Alfred R. Wallace.

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Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (cc) (WCP1445.1224)]

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Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-12-17]

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