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WCP3862

Letter (WCP3862.3781)

[1]1

Old Orchard

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

July 20th 1911

Lt. Col. Prain,2 F. R. S. &c.

Dear Col. Prain

Many thanks for the nice seedlings & seeds of Primulas you have sent me.

It is a great pleasure to me to have such interesting & rare plants as P. uniflora, P. Wattii, & P. Elevesiana which I hope to see flower next spring; while it is hardly less interesting to have unnamed seedlings and to have a mystery to solve [2] when the flowering time approaches. I am taking much trouble to have a suitable place to grow them in, and hope to have a very good show of flowers next year.

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

1
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 27 JUL. 1911.”
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.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3862.3781)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-10-28] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-10-28] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3862,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3862