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WCP2859

Letter (WCP2859.2749)

[1]

ROYAL GARDENS KEW

DIRECTOR

Kew

Nov 14 1906

Dear Sir

It will give me much pleasure to arrange that typed copies of Dr Spruce's1 letters be put at your disposal.

I have requested Mr Hemsley2 to make arrangements for the engagement of a typist — who will be put to the task in the first instance of copying the letters to Mr Bentham3beginning with one dated May 1855 and ending with one dated April 1864.

Believe me to be | yours very truly | D. Prain4 [signature]

Dr A. R. Wallace F.R.S.

Broadstone

Wimborne

1
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). British botanist, explorer and collector in the Amazon; lifelong friend of ARW.
2
Hemsley, William Botting (1843-1924). British botanist; Keeper at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1899-1908.
3
Bentham, George (1800-1884). British botanist. President of the Linnean Society 1861-74.
4
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2859.2749)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lo, Yen-Nyuk [2020-06-09] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2859,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2859