WCP1838

Letter (WCP1838.1728)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset

Feb[ruar]y 14th 1898.

The Director, 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]

Name sent 16 Feb[ruar]y ’98.

Epidendrum umbellatum, Sw1

Bot. Mag. t. 2030; Bot Regt. 80.

Plant in Kew Collection2

1
Common name is The Umbrella Epidendrum, an orchid found in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
2
Writing on page 2 is in a different hand.

Editorial information

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

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-02-25]

Please cite as “WCP1838,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1838