| Name: |
Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace Annie née Mitten, Wallace Violet Isabel?, Wallace William Greenell, Armstrong Miss f, Dunn ? General, Sharpe J W, Jacomb? |
| Description: |
Letter from A. R. Wallace to his wife Annie from Parkstone, Dorset, 29 Aug 1896, re his tour in Switzerland and return journey, hoping her trip was as enjoyable; orchids and garden generally in good condition but orchids from Singapore mostly dead and smashed due to bad packing; belladonna lilies in beautiful flower, greenhouse a bower; news of Miss Armstrong, General and Miss Dunn, Mr Sharpe and the Jacombs; letter from son William; love to Violet and all the Mitten family. Place: Parkstone Dorset England Switzerland Notes: OLD REF WP1/19/3/5 and later WP1/21/11. This letter was previously filed in a paper folder labelled in WGW's? hand "Gardening" almost certainly selected for J. Marchant when writing A. R. Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences" (London 1916). |
