Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill,
Croydon.
Octr. 11th. 1878
My dear Carruthers
I am writing an article1on "Epping Forest" & want some information on its Botany. Can you refer me to any accounts of it or list of its plants, especially trees & bog-plants. Or can you refer me to any local botanist or any one who has worked at the Essex Flora.
I shall be glad of a few lines of testimonial from you at your convenience. Make [2] it short & almost wholly referring to my having had practical experience of planting, & made a special study of the subject, as I hear that being "scientific" is my greatest danger with the Committee!
Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
P.S. Asa Gray2 has just sent me his delightful lecture on the Temperate Forests which I am going to use largely in my paper.
A.R.W.
Wallace, A. R. 1878. Epping Forest. Fortnightly Review (n.s.) 24 (143): 628-645.
Epping Forest is a 2,400 hectares (5,900 acres) area of ancient woodland to the north-east of London, UK.
Gray, Asa (1810-1888). American botanist. Fisher Professor of natural history, Harvard University, 1842-1888.
FROM EndNote Biogs:
Gray, Asa (1810-1888). American botanist. Professor of natural history, Harvard University, 1842-73.
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP641.813)]
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