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WCP3858

Letter (WCP3858.3777)

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Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne

March 11th. 1911

Lt. Col. Prain,3F.R.S. Director of Kew Gardens.

Dear Sir

Please excuse delay in thanking you for the very nice and interesting lot of plants you have sent4 me for my new bog and Alpine garden. The two N. Zealand Ourisias, the rare Primulas, the Jaukea, and the curious Heliopsis Japonica are especially acceptable to me because they are not to be had elsewhere. Thanks also for Bees’ Catalogue. I have dealt with them for several [2] years for miscellaneous plants, but they did not send me their new Herbaceous & Alpine List till a few days before I received your very welcome Hamper. I return the empty hamper to day; and as you say you did not raise any of the Telopea truncata, I send you by Parcel Post 2 plants, the best I have not planted out.

Again thanking you, | Believe me | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
In Prain’s handwriting, “Ackd 14. iii. 11”.
2
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 13 MAR. 1911.”
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
The letter has not been found. See the list of plants sent at WCP3857 https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3857

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3858.3777)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Saint-Smith, Lucy [2014-07-02] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3858,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3858