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BITTON VICARAGE.

BRISTOL.

April 12 [1890]¹

Dear Sir,

I put in a good supply of seeds of the Abutilon Vitifolium in the Autumn — but as yet they show no signs of vegetation. If any plants come I will gladly send you some. The plant is coming well into flower & I have no doubt I shall have plants of seed. If I do [2] I will take care to reserve a good supply for you, or if you like I will at once send you some cuttings.

It w^d. be a great pleasure to me to see you here — & I hope you will manage to come — but not without notice — I am generally absent from home on Thursdays. We are having a succession of cruel frosts — [illeg.] the garden [3] is getting full of interest.

I cannot resist taking the opportunity of thanking you for your delightful book on Darwinism² — I have read it with pleasure & profit — & intend to read it again.

Yrs faithfully | Henry Ellacombe³ [signature]

P. S. You gave yr. address as Parkstone. Gloucestershire. I have assumed this is a slip of the pen — & so have addressed to Dorsetshire[.]

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