WCP3366

Letter (WCP3366.3334)

[1]

Broadstone, Dorset

June 24th. 1903

W. B. Hemsley Esq.1

Dear Mr Hemsley

A friend has sent me a few seeds from a nursery man in Mexico City 6 packets with only local names. As you no doubt have these names given in some Mexican Flora, or if not, can recognise the genus, I shall be greatly obliged if you will put the names on them as nearly as you can & return them to me, as I do not [want] to sow things which are useless to me.

Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]

Anona Cherimolia2

Prunus Capollin3

Pyrus Cydonia4

Crataegus sp5

Achras Sapota6

Diospyros Ebenaster7?

J.A.S. 25.6.03

Named & Ret[urne]d 26.6.19038

1
William Botting Hemsley (1843 — 1924), English botanist.
2
Annona Cherimola, species of the genus Annona, it bears an edible fruit.
3
A species in the genus Prunus.
4
Quince, a tree from the Rosaceae family.
5
Commonly known as hawthorn, it is a large genus of trees and shrubs in the Rosaceae family.
6
A tall, evergreen tree found in America.
7
Species of persimmon, native to eastern Mexico and central America.
8
The writing on page 2 is in two different hands and lists the names of the 6 seeds Wallace refers to in his letter.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3366.3334)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2012-09-17] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP3366,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3366