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WCP2771

Letter (WCP2771.2661)

[1]

Royal Botanic Garden

Shibpur

Calcutta

June 7 1899

A. R. Wallace Esq. F. R. S.

Parkstone

Dorset

Dear Sir

I am very glad to think that the orchids have reached you in fair condition. I am sorry that Dendrobium anceps has succumbed. It was only sent in the hope that its habit might interest you for its flowers are of very little account[.] But the section [illeg.] to which it belongs travels very badly. Another time we may hope for better success.

[2] It was most kind of you to ask your publishers to forward a copy of "Natural Selection."1 It has reached me safely and I am exceedingly obliged to you for so kindly sending it[.]

Yours faithfully | David Prain2[signature]

1
Wallace, A. R. 1895. Natural selection and tropical nature: Essays on descriptive and theoretical biology. London: Macmillan.
2
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2771.2661)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-05-14] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-05-14] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2771,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2771