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WCP1838

Letter (WCP1838.1728)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset

Feby 14th 1898

The Director,1 Royal Gardens.

Dear Sir

I send herewith a flower of an orchid I received from Montserrat, West Indies last summer.

I shall be obliged if you can give me the name; and if it should happen that you have not got it I shall be glad to send you the plant, as I have no room for such unornamental species in my small house.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]2

Name sent 16 Feby. ’98.3

Epidendrum umbellatum, Sw

Bot. Mag. t. 2030; Bot Reg. t. 80.

Plant in Kew Collection

1
Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner (1843-1928). Leading British botanist, and the third director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
2
Texts by different hands.
3
The letter has not been found.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1838.1728)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-02-25] Transcription checked by Beccaloni, George [2024-12-18] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP1838,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1838