WCP2397

Letter (WCP2397.2287)

[1]1

4 Great George Street

Westminster

12 May / [18]792

My dear Sir

In a note addressed to me to Buenos Ayres [sic] some eight months ago you asked me if I could send you the seeds of some hardy plants[.] At the proper season a friend who knows something of botany of which I am very ignorant collected a few which I have brought over with some of our so-called "Air-plants"3[.] These are very hardy and thrive well in [sic] our verandahs [2] in garden railings, or indoors[.] The thermometer frequently falls to freezing point sometimes to -2 [degrees] C[entigrade] but these plants are uninjured[.]

Will you kindly let me know the best way of conveying the parcel to you —

Believe me | Yours sincerely | John Coghlan [signature]

1
Page numbered 22 in pencil in top RH corner.
2
Year deduced from birth and death dates of author.
3
Tillandsia is a genus of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, known as "air plants", which are native to the forests, mountains and deserts of Central and South America, the southern United States and the West Indies.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2397.2287)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-07-13] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-07-13] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2397,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2397