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Belvedere

St Lawrence

I[sle]. of W[ight].

22.IX.1904

Dear Sir

I am sorry to find that I have no cuttings or sorted plants by [1 word illeg.] or Triphylla beyond the 3 or 4 old plants growing out in the garden. I have told my gardener to make cuttings in the spring (they will not strike now) and you shall have some when sorted.Cantura buxifolius flower [2] here unprotected and is not appreciably touched by winter frosts, it is about 5 feet high and growing fast. Sparmannia africana is showing buds but is much later than usual this year Leonotis leonurus is wall out, I got it some years ago and fear to leave it unprotected. I am glad that one so [3] well acquainted as yourself with the possibilities of change in the nature & endurance of plant life under varied conditions should be engaged in experimental horticulture. It has always ben my endeavour to ascertain what plants are or may become hardy here, by careful attention to natural inequalities & by selection from partially acclimatised [4] stock. I feel sure that your experience will enable you to add much to our present meagre knowledge of this interesting branch of horticulture.

Believe me, yours very truly | M. Gwytherne-Williams¹ [signature] ²

D^r Alfred R. Wallace