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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Parkstone (Dorset), 8 Feb 1893, with decorative photographic print header captioned "counting our chickens" showing a pair of owls? looking at two eggs in a nest; re William's fees and subscription to the Electrical Institution; tickets to the Zoo; A. R. Wallace recovering from illness; greenhouse plants killed by frost, boiler and pipes now fitted and Wareham engaged to stoke boiler morning and evening; snowdrops, primroses, Christmas roses and other plants in flower in garden; death of major Lang; Violet working on "Lessons on familiar animals"; A. R. Wallace preparing to begin various reviews and articles; hopes William and Portheim? getting on well with evening classes, asks for more details of Portheim? and any news of George Silk's godson Edgar Williams who works at Siemens. Place: Parkstone Dorset England Notes: OLD REF Gardening letters 1891-1896: WP1/19/3/3 |
