WCP3801

Letter (WCP3801.3718)

[1]

Old Orchard Broadstone Wimborne1,2

May 31st 1909

The Director of the Royal Garden Kew.3,4

Dear Sir

I thank you for sending me the names of the seeds from Tasmania. I have now just had a few more, and there is one of which I shall be very glad of the name, as it has leaves & capsules, as well as seeds, sent. Of them I send samples, & have no doubt you can name it at once. I also have another lot of the seed of Telopea truncata5, 398-086 which is I [2] think a little fresher than the last I had of which I send you some. If that has not grown I shall be glad to send you a little more.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3] Anopterus glandulosus7 Lab8.

1.6.09 O.S. 9

1
A stamp for the Royal Gardens, 1 June 1909, appears next to this address
2
"359-09" is written in red ink in a second hand of Otto Stapf (1857-1933) fellow of the Royal Society and Austrian botanist and taxonomist
3
At that time this was Sir David Prain (1857-1944), Scottish botanist and fellow of the Royal Society
4
"Name sent 1.VI.09" is written in a different hand in black ink. See endnote 2
5
Commonly known as the Tasmanian waratah, this plant is part of the Proteaceae family
6
This is written in red ink in the margin with a line drawn to Telopea truncata. Please see endnote 2
7
Also known as the Native Laurel or Tasmanian Laurel. this is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Escalloniaceae. This was written in red ink in another hand. See endnote 2.
8
Author abbreviation for Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755 — 1834), a French Naturalist. Also, please see endnote 2
9
Please see endnote 2

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3801.3718)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Adams, Christina [2012-10-10] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Please cite as “WCP3801,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3801