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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 2 Jun 1895, re examination meetings and reports, choosing orchids at Witley; gift of Barmah (Burma?) orchids; gardening; her brother William's plans and Violet's proposed walking tour; possibility of Aunt Bessie (Bessie Mitten) and Ma (Annie Wallace) taking a Polytechnic tour to Switzerland; sending a copy of his address on the unemployed; sending £5 towards cost of Violet's fees and lodgings; proposed excursion near Blandford with the Bournemouth Botanic Club; remembrances to Eleanor. Place: Bournemouth Dorset England Switzerland Notes: The Address referred to is "Suggestions for solving the problems of the unemployed, etc. etc.", Presidential address read at the fourteenth annual meeting of the Land-Nationalisation Society, 8 April 1895. LNS Tract No 64 (London 1895) 1-20. |
