WCP3863

[1]¹

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

Dec[embe]r. 21st 1911

The Director Roy[al]. Bot[anic]. Gardens, Kew

Dear Sir

Last July (early) my wife received a few seeds from a lady, who had received them from her sister in Uganda collected while she was travelling in the Highlands.

They were sown at once, and are now in flower — and I send you specimens in a cardboard [2] cylinder by same post. The Salvia ? is 4 to 5 feet high, and is, presumably, an annual; and from its flowering so quickly under the dreadfully sunless & ever dark foggy days of the last 2 months, seems to indicate that it would make a very useful & ornamental h. [sic hardy annual.

I shall be glad to know if you have had it in flower & can give me the name.[3]

My wife has a few more seeds & can send you a small quantity if you wish to try them

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature] [4]²