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WCP3850

Letter (WCP3850.3769)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimborne

Decr. 8th. 1907

Lt. Col. Prain2

Dear Sir

Many thanks for the information you have been so good as to send me about the Ant. receptacles on plants.

It makes me the more regret that the Linnean Society did not publish Spruce's3 paper on 1869, as that would have led, probably, to some attempts to settle the question before now.

I thank you also for Prof. [2] Trail's4 address and the information that he has travelled on the Amazon.

Later on I shall probably take advantage of his kind offer, and ask him for information on certain points.

Believe me | yours very truly |Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 10 DEC.1907.”
2
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
3
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). British botanist, explorer and collector in the Amazon; lifelong friend of ARW.
4
Trail, James William Helenus (1851-1919). British botanist; served as botanist to the Amazon Steam Navigation Company 1873-75; professor of botany, Aberdeen University 1877-1919.

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Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-04-17] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3850,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3850