Parkstone, Dorset
August 16th 1889
My dear Mr. Baker1
Will you be so good as to inform me if the enclosed leaves belong to the Laurus camphora or to some other species. It is growing as a shrub about 5 feet high in a very sheltered position in a garden here, & the plant was obtained in the Riviera where it was thought to be Laurus camphora. I see however that species is described as having [2] the leaves "triple-nerved" (both in London's Encyclop. & in the new Dict. of Gardening) and it is nowhere referred to as being possibly hardy in this country.
Believe me | yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3873.3792)]
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