WCP3938

Letter (WCP3938.3877)

[1]

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Dorset.

Oct[obe]r. 27th. 19121

The Director, Royal Bot[anic] Gardens, Kew

Dear Sir

Can you tell me the name of the enclosed flower from Uganda. It is like an irregular flowered Convolvulus, an annual apparently, flowers last one day only, very thin like tissue paper.[2]

The plants are only about 3 months from seed.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]

Flower[?] sp[ecimen]. not matched, but very near to S. obscure[?], Ker.[?]. C. H. W. 28-x-12

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Annotation in a different hand "Ans[were]d. 29.x.12"

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3938.3877)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-19] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-25] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3938,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3938