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WCP3799

Letter (WCP3799.3716)

[1] 1,2

Broadstone, Wimborne

July 21st. 1908

Lt. Col. Prain3

Dear Sir

I send herewith seeds of the Tasmanian Telopea, and Blandfordia, gathered this year.

Mr. Guilfoyle4 of the Melbourne Bot. Garden, tells that they found the Telopea, difficult to raise apt to damp off in winter!

I suppose you have not any young plants of the fine Feijoa Sellowviana which my wife5 greatly admired at Kew [2] 2 weeks ago. If so I should greatly esteem one however small, as I have a wall where I think it would do well[.]

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Round stamp of Royal Gardens, dated 22 July 1908.
2
In Prain’s handwriting, "398/1908" / “Plant sent & advised 28 - VII-08.”.
3
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
4
Guilfoyle, William Robert (1840-1912). Australian landscape gardener and botanist.
5
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3799.3716)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Adams, Christina [2012-10-10] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3799,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3799