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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his father in law William Mitten from Parkstone, Dorset 13 Aug 1893 re Mitten's visit to Festiniog; the Wallace's recent tour of the Lake District including Dovedale, Keswick, Derwentwater and Borrowdale, coach trip, pony ride up Bowfell, hotels, weather, scenery; rare ferns scarce, alpines hard to find but included Saxifraga, Salix, Oxyria, Sedum, Alchemilla and Thalectrum (species named); met daughter Violet at Settle in Yorkshire, Geranium and Campanula in flower; details of exotic plants flowering at home. Place: Parkstone Dorset England Cumbria England Notes: See old ref WP2/45; notes on this tour. The letter was in a modern envelope labelled in Richard Wallace's hand "Letters to Annie, WGW etc (&?) From Fred Birch" and seems more appropriate here. |
