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WCP224

Letter (WCP224.224)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Tuesday Evening [1892]

My dear Violet1

I have just now returned from the North after lecturing in York, Newcastle, & Darlington — & am so full of work with lots of letters, plants for garden, wooden walls &c. &c. that I cannot write now about seeds, so I send you Lubbock’s2 book3& if you read Chapters 3 & 4, you will find lots of interesting [2] facts about seeds which will suffice for half a dozen lessons. You can find some of the common plants in seed now no doubt.

In haste | Your affectionate Papa | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
. Wallace, Violet Isabel (1869-1945). Daughter of ARW; teacher.
2
Lubbock, John (1834-1913). British archaeologist, politician, philanthropist and polymath.
3
Lubbock, John. 1892. A contribution to our knowledge of seedlings. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co. Ltd.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP224.224)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Bradbury, Alexandra [2011-07-08] Transcription checked by Szentgyorgyi, Katherine [2012-05-10] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Johnston, Rebekah [2020-12-17] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Please cite as “WCP224,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP224