Parkstone, Dorset.
Octer 20th. 1898
My dear Clement Reid1
I shall be glad to try the Acer2 seeds. It will do to sow them in moved[?] soil, I suppose, not among grass, or both? Mr. Mitten3 would I am sure try them for you. I see that London in his "Trees & Shrubs Encyclopedia", says that is is propagated "by seeds which it ripens in abundance." This seems to show there is no difficulty. Have you asked Mr. Rogers of Southampton whether he has raised them, and at the same time you might enquire as to whether he knows the facts as to the introduction of the Pinus maritinius [2] into Bournemouth.
Our glorious summer & autumn has at last gone, not before the rain was wanted.
With kind remembrances to Mrs. Reid
Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1470.7616)]
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To Clement Reid Esq.
Parkstone,
Dorset.
Oct[ober] 20th, 1898
My dear Clement Reid
I shall be glad to try the Acer seeds, It will do to sow them in moved soil, I suppose, not among grass, or both? Mr. Mitten1 would I am sure try them for you. I see that Loudon, in his "Trees & Shrubs Encyclopaedia", says that it is propagated "by seeds which it ripens in abundance". This seems to show there is no difficulty. Have you asked Mr. Rogers of Southampton whether he has raised them, and at the same time you might enquire as to whether he knows the facts as to the introduction of the Pinus maritimus into Bournemouth. Our glorious summer & autumn has at last gone, not before the rain was wanted.
With kind remembrances to Mrs. Reid
Believe me Yours very truly Alfred R. Wallace.
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP1470.1249)]
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To Clement Reid Esq.
Parkstone,
Dorset.
Oct[ober] 20th, 1898
My dear Clement Reid
I shall be glad to try the Acer seeds, It will do to sow them in moved soil, I suppose, not among grass, or both? Mr. Mitten1 would I am sure try them for you. I see that Loudon, in his "Trees & Shrubs Encyclopaedia", says that it is propagated "by seeds which it ripens in abundance". This seems to show there is no difficulty. Have you asked Mr. Rogers of Southampton whether he has raised them, and at the same time you might enquire as to whether he knows the facts as to the introduction of the Pinus maritimus into Bournemouth. Our glorious summer & autumn has at last gone, not before the rain was wanted.
With kind remembrances to Mrs. Reid
Believe me Yours very truly Alfred R. Wallace.
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP1470.4333)]
For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon
Please cite as “WCP1470,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1470