WCP2366

Testimonial (WCP2366.2256)

[1]1

I have had the pleasure of knowing Mr A. R. Wallace for several years; and from having been engaged jointly with him in an undertaking connected with arboriculture2, I can vouch unreservedly, not only for his extensive knowledge of hardy trees and shrubs and of their cultivation, — but also for his excellent habits of business and his steady activity in the performance of whatever duties he undertakes. In the small estate which he had laid out & planted at Gray's3 [sic] and which I have visited, he showed great taste & judgement both in the choice of the site and in the manner in which he made the most of its capabilities. —

A. Mongredien [signature]

Forest Hill 9th Sept[embe]r 1879

1
Text in another hand in the top right corner reads "399".
2
In 1862 Mongredien had bought an estate in Surrey where he created a leading nursery which was floated in 1873 as a limited company with Wallace and Viscount Walden. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
3
Grays. Wallace bought four acres of land, including a disused chalk pit, in Grays, Essex. He built his house 'The Dell' and lived there from March 1872 to July 1876, laying out and planting the land. The Alfred Russel Wallace Website.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Testimonial (WCP2366.2256)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2015-06-24] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-06-24] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2366,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2366