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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 14 Jul 1894, re her proposed tour to Switzerland and Italy with Madame Lund's party, sending £10 towards expenses; arrangement for meeting her brother William and visiting Parkstone; description of A. R. Wallace's and Ma's (Annie Wallace) ten days in Devon, wildflowers and ferns at Bolt Head, Salcombe and Brent; blue poppies and pink waterlily in flower in garden; two nearby houses including Mr Clement Reid's lodgings destroyed by fire. Place: Devonshire Dorset England Italy Switzerland |