WCP3832

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Parkstone, Dorset.

Sept[embe]r 12th. 1899

The Director of the Royal Bot[anic] Gardens Kew

Dear Sir

I have received this morning from Queensland some good roots of the fine Nymphaea gigantea¹, and as it is stated to be very difficult to transplant even in Australia I send you a few in case you have not got it. Should you not require them will [2] you be so good as to pass them on to any amateur who is growing sub-tropical water-lilies.

Nymphaea scutata[?] from Port Elizabeth has been flowering well with me in a slightly warmed tank out of doors.

Yours truly | Alfred R Wallace [signature]