The Cainp , 
Crreat Bookham, Surrey 
5t?i* Becemher, 3.925 
My dea,r Holt turn. 
I have had a had cold, and in consequent*. 
missed the last eastTi\'ard mail. I had in fact to take my 
cold to . ted. Monday last hrou^ht snow, I got over 
to Kew, and there found you letter mth the Bill of 
ilxchange for £15. I did not get it taken over to the mm 
hank, and it is my pocket still. My best thanks for it. 
As you Jaiow I have not spent so much; and I have been 
■^'vondering if I should put the balance into succulents 
and not 
or bulbs w hich ca..n travel unescorts?d,^ s brides and v/ard- 
ian cases must be. I hope to get to Kew on Monday 
next a.nd to T)e able to consult someone. Succulents from 
Haage at Brfurt, and Kippeastrums , have occurred to me 
as desidera,ta. with you. 
You know more about m^^ possible successor than I 
do. I cannot tell you who is thought of, 
"Collectors, collections arid collecting places'* is 
tipped in duplicp^te. l^en I ha.ve put my own corrections into 
one copy, I shall ask Hidle;^ to read it. The second copy 
Vvill be made a fair copy for sending to you that it may 
receive a further ^ polishing, and if you will printing. It 
runs to 100 type written pages of this size.,' say a double 
number of the Bulletin* Complementary copies to the larger 
herbaria of the world woulc^Jbe worth sending out. 
Y/hen I wa,s t^rping the last part, I did the enclosc^t 
list in triplicate, that I might be able to send an advance 
copy to Singapore, ^en tenderson to scrap the list sent 
ea,rlier. I ought to w-rite to him; but a,m not quite ready, . 
You might mention to him however that de Alvis w/as a oingha- 
lese artist employ?;ed in the Gardens at Singapore, Alvins 
(RiMyy v^rites Alw/ins) an eurasian emploj^ed in the forest 
seirvice under Oantle^^ in Malacca , Bor some repvson the latter 
shied at Ridley and resigned when he was apj^ointed Director,. 
