Old Orchard,
Broadstone,
Wimborne.
April 27th. 1909
My dear Poulton
I am very glad you have had such an useful lot of insects & books &c. from Miss Pascoe. I think if the Trustees would send her a special letter of thanks, it would greatly please her.
The little plants my wife 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[eranium] 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]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4447.4743)]
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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 11 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4447