WCP3724

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Broadstone, Wimborne

July 25th. 1908

My dear Mitten¹

Thank you for your notes of our Welsh excursions, which will be needful. You do not tell me however, whether, any where in England or Scotland, you ever gathered a greater variety of mosses in one spot and in about one hour, than you did at Pont-y-glyn.² I well remember you calling out "I've got another species" so many times that I thought the place was inexhaustible!

Last Thursday we had a call from Canon Usherwood who had just [2] returned from the Victoria Falls Zambese[sic] where he staid four days & brought home from there some seeds, which I sowed at once & the little shrub from the "Rain forest" came up yesterday — only 3 days! It had 2 hours soaking only. It is possible these things may be ^nearly hardy as the country is 4000 ft. above sea though only 18 [degrees] S[outh]. Lat[itude].

Tell Annie we are still in a mess, but hope to be cleaned up, below, by and of this week.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P.S. It will be about 3 weeks here before they have quite finished.

A.R.W.³[signature]

Corwen to Ponty glyn Anon aler[?] yellow & Black. many mosses & such[?] at [illeg] Rubus Sax [atilis?] to [two words illeg] over Berwyn[?] onto our marvelous ^{But in} [illeg] entertainment there nasty bacon moss on Trees much needed[?] by the tree slugs. back even onto south[?] [illeg] plum[?] and vain trust in [two words illeg, possible the name of a species] large tree with fruit [illeg] did [illeg] walk saw Lobelia Dortmanna the hole where gold[?] was slated to occur. to both of [illeg] and its great stone. the [illeg] walk Snowdon.

Walked from S[nowdon?] to Bergelert [sic] [6 words illeg]. To [illeg] Slept there while [illeg]. up Snowdon. Back to Bedgellert [sic]. [4]

From ARW