WCP2775

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Hunters Hill

6 August / 99

My dear D^r Wallace,

I inclose you a letter² received from ^through Mr Pagan³ from M^r Mitchell⁴ of the Acclimatisation Society showing that at last some plants of Nymphaea gigantea have been forwarded to you. I hope they will arrive safely and in good condition. M^r Mitchell is I believe acting for the Secretary who is away and as he seems to be the head outdoor man I have little doubt that he knows exactly [2] how to pack the plants for transit. I was rather amused to find he had dubbed you "Reverend", — one more title to your many distinctions. Possibly he may have mixed up LLD and DD. and thinks you are the latter.

Since receiving Mr Mitchell's letter, I got a consignment of Nymphaea gigantea from the Clarence, but as your some had already been forwarded I did not trouble to send you any of them, which however were in very fine condition — I kept a few for myself and [3] friends and handed over the balance to Mr Maiden,⁵ the Director of the ^Sydney Gardens, who has had a good deal of trouble in growing them.

I am glad some of the Blandfordia bulbs have survived and I hope you will have some success with them.

The season for ground orchids is just coming on and I shall go hunting for them and hope to be able to send you some later on.

Yours very faithfully | H Deane⁶ [signature]

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