WCP3724

[1]

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. 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 Usherwood² who had just [2] returned from the Victoria Falls Zambesi 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° S. Lat.

Tell Annie³ 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.

Corwen to Ponty glyn [scrawls in Mitten’s handwriting, mostly illegible.]

[4] From ARW.⁴