WCP3880

Postcard (WCP3880.3800)

[1]

Parkstone, Dec[embe]r. 18th. 1896.1

Dear Mr. Ridley2

I send a card at once to acknowledge receipt this morning of the box with Cirr[hopetalum]. medusae3 but, alas! all quite dead. I see they were posted Nov[ember]. 10th. so they have been4 shut up nearly 6 weeks, & also had the misfortune of arriving during a hard frost which no doubt finished them. They were very fine plants, but evidently Sing[apore]. orchids must only reach here during the summer to be safe. Thanking you for your kindness & trouble all the same.

Yours truly | A. R. Wallace [signature]

[2] H. N. Ridley Esq. F.L.S.5

Director of Forests & Gardens

Singapore.6

1
A printed '53' partially covers the year.
2
Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855-1956), English botanist and geologist.
3
A species of orchid now know as Medusa's Bulbophyllum.
4
'Been' is written in pencil.
5
'F. L. S' stands for Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.
6
The second page is the reverse of the postcard and contains postal marks along with the handwritten address.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP3880.3800)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sloyan, Victoria [2014-04-15]

Please cite as “WCP3880,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3880