WCP3721

Letter (WCP3721.3628)

[1]

Parkstone, Saturday1, 2

My dear Mitten3,

Annie found this curious grass yesterday. As we cannot find it in Berltham[sic] I send it to you in hopes you may know it, or it may prove new to Dorsetshire.

I am quite puzzled about the Lathyrus Libthorpi. I was just going to London about Exam[inatio]ns. when they arrived, but yet it is very strange [2] that I overlooked them, & I cannot find any sign of them. I have this morning received plants of the Chilean Puya from Miss North4 for self & Dr. Allman5.

I am sorry to hear that Miss North is again very seriously ill & not at all expected to recover.

In haste | Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

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Text in pencil reads "X"
2
Text in pencil reads "10" and is circled
3
William Mitten (1819 — 1906), English pharmaceutical chemist
4
Marianne North (1830 — 1890), English naturalist and botanical artist
5
George James Allman, (1812 — 1898), Irish ecologist, botanist and zoologist

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3721.3628)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Szentgyorgyi, Katherine [2013-10-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-10-15]

Please cite as “WCP3721,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3721