WCP2865

Letter (WCP2865.2755)

[1]1

KILLERTON GARDENS,

EXETER.

Dec[ember] 1rst. 1906

Dear Sir,

In reply to yours of the 29th. regarding Mutisia decurrens2, I shall be very pleased to let you have a plant in exchange for two plants of Puya caerulea3.

I hope they are the right thing? I ask this as there is [sic] plants here, in the rock garden which was [sic] said to be Puya caerulea, but as far as I [2]4 know they are wrong. Would you mind sending me one plant to see, or else a few mature leaves? The Mutisia I would send is nicely rooted & established in a pot.

Would you kindly give names of some of your other choice plants, or mention other plants you would like to have, as we may be able to exchange. I could give cuttings of the choice Dendromecon rigidum5 [sic]. I have a lot of cuttings in but cannot say wether [sic] they will root untill [sic] spring. I also have plenty young plants of Eucryphia [3] pinnatifolia6.

Thanking you in anticipation.

I am, | Yours faithfully | John Coutts7 [signature]

1
Page numbered 201 in pencil in top RH corner. "Sent 2 puyas Dec[embe]r. 3rd" written in ink across top LH corner of page.
2
Mutisia decurrens is a species of the family Asteraceae, a suckering climber with large bright orange daisy flowers native to the Chilean and Argentinian Andes.
3
Puya caerulea is a species of the family Bromeliaceae (relative of the pineapple) endemic to Chile.
4
Page numbered 202 in pencil in top RH corner.
5
Dendromecon rigida, also called bush poppy or tree poppy, is a shrub of the family Papaveraceae, native to California and Baja California.
6
Eucryphia pinnatifolia a species of the family Cunoniaceae, is a white-flowered shrub native to Chile.
7
British Museum stamp underneath.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2865,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2865