WCP6533

Letter (WCP6533.7539)

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Frith Hill, Godalming

July 16th. 1886

Dear Mr. Baker

About three years ago I received in exchange a few bulbs from a gentleman at Cherbourg (Mr. M. Renny) who said he had received them from Chile at 5000 ft. elevation. They have at length flowered & seem to be a species of Hymenocallis or Pancratium. I enclose a very crude sketch which gives the principal characters, & shall be glad to know if you recognise it, or think it may be undescribed. [2]

I also want to ask you who is the best authority now on the species of British Plants, or who is most likely to be able to give me a list of the species, sub-species or varieties of British Plants not known to occur on the Continent of Europe or elsewhere.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Please cite as “WCP6533,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6533