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WCP4447

Letter (WCP4447.4743)

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Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

April 27th. 1909

My dear Poulton1

I am very glad you have had such an useful lot of insects & books &c. from Miss Pascoe.2 I think if the Trustees would send her a special letter of thanks, it would greatly please her.

The little plants my wife3 gave you, were, she thinks, the white variety of Linaria cymbalaria, a small yellow Oxalis, and if there was a Geranium, it was the white form of G. Robertianium, which is the common form at Godalming [2] but elsewhere rather rare.

Our winter here was very trying to plants — a constant succession of sharp frosts up to this month. I took up my Embothrium & potted it & it is now starting growth & I shall put it out soon.

Yours very truly| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
2
Pascoe, Flora (-). Eldest daughter of Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe.
3
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4447.4743)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-18] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Envelope (WCP4447.4744)

Envelope addressed to "Prof. E. B. Poulton F.R.S., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "BROADSTONE | A | AP 27 | [09]". Note on front of envelope in Poulton's hand: "Apr. 27. 1909"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4447.4744)]

Please cite as “WCP4447,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4447