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WCP7273

Letter (WCP7273.8475)

[1]1

Parkstone, Dorset.

Decr. 1st. 1892

Dear Dr. Masters

Many thanks for your information. I have got Dickson's2 Catalogue, and I find they have got most of the species I want, so I shall send for them. I had no idea they had such an extensive nursery, as they do not advertise so much as many others. I did not like to ask Dyer3 for them as he has given me some nice lots4 [2]] of Alpine plants. But perhaps they sell their seedling Rhododendrons, & in that case I would apply. However I can only make room on my peat bank for a few more.

Thanks for the Thapsia seed, but I am afraid it is too large a plant for me, I will give it Dr. Allman5 who has plenty of room. I shall hope to see you again here some time in the summer.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
There is a tick in blue pencil in the top left corner of the page.
2
Dickson's Nursery in Chester was one of the largest in the country by the end of the nineteenth century, supplying a wide range of seeds and plants. Lewis, C.P. and Thacker, A. T. (Eds.). 2003. 'Late Georgian and Victorian Chester 1762-1914: The economy, 1871-1914, the limits of reorientation', in A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography. London: Victoria County History. [pp. 185-199]. British History Online < http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt1/> [accessed 28 July 2022].
3
Thiselton-Dyer, William Turner (1843-1928). Systematic botanist.
4
"lots" is repeated as a catchword on page 2.
5
Allman, George James (1812-1898). Irish zoologist and botanist.

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Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2024-12-19]

Please cite as “WCP7273,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7273