TALBOT100

Merthyr Mawr, ¹
Bridgend.

Tuesday morning

My dear Henry

You were very generous to spare me a plant of your curious & remarkable Natal Plant. I shall be very anxious to know what it is whenever the wise men have named it. I hope we may succeed in getting it to blossom. I have nothing to send in return. I am very little able now to go into the Garden & nothing prospers in consequence.

Spencer ² brought seeds from New Zealand & he begs me to send some to you in hopes your very fortunate management may get some of them to vegetate. No person but you will do so I think, we have never succeeded & three we gave to Margam have not done so either.

I hope your Gardener has been as much pleased with his visit to Margam &c as he expresses himself to be – The weather has been indifferent & the time of year unfavorable There is an Aloë now flowering at Margam I fear it is too late to be very fine.

Believe me your aff^te

Jane