WCP3809

Holly House, Barking. E.

Sept^r. 7th. 1871

Dear D^r. Hooker¹

Many thanks for your kind offer of a collection of ^the Herbaceous ground seeds which will be greatly valued by me. A very small quantity of each set will do. The roots of perennials, & the shrubs, will also be most acceptable, and may be sent as late as convenient to you. Any package had better be sent by North London Railway, addressed to [2] me at Grays Station, as trains run through Stratford to convey goods.

As I should probably not be able to manage too many seeds at once, I should like a selection of, say, from 50 to 100 species of the more showy or curious forms, — and at some future time, I might perhaps ask you for a few more.

Thanks for your letters on the Ascent of the Atlas² which [3] I have read with much interest, & believe me

yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

D^r. J. D. Hooker.

[4]³ [illeg.] seed