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WCP3782

Postcard (WCP3782.3696)

[1]1

Thanks for plants of Clitoria mariana which however arrived very like herbarium specimens, and I am doubtful if they will recover. It is useless sending herbaceous plants without damp sphagnum round the roots. When the flowering season is over perhaps you can get me a few ripe seeds of the Clitoria which would be sure to grow.

Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

July 17, 18882

1
Ward, Lester Frank (1841-1913). American palaeobotanist and later professor of sociology.
2
In unknown handwriting.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP3782.3696)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hansman, Emily [2013-07-12] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-12] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3782,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3782