TALBOT1306

Boyton House ¹
Aug^t 30^th

Dear Sir

Your Letter found me very busy putting down plants I received from D^r Martius ² a few days ago from the Brazils a very fine Collection I am much obliged to you in offering to send the List of Hungarian plants but I will not trouble you to do as [sic] I am not much interested about the plants of that Country or Germany I wrote a very long Letter to D^r Martius yesterday who I hope soon we shall see in this Country & will let you know as soon as I hear from him again on the subject have just got his 3^d part of Nov: Gen & Palms coloured. as you are now not many miles from hence shall be happy to have the pleasure of seeing you here & shewing you any plants that might be worth your notice M^r & M^rs Selwyn ³ were here a short time ago & hope to have the pleasure of seeing them again this summer. I shall be at home from the 10^th to the 19^th of next month when I go to Sir Rich: Hoares ⁴ Stourhead for some days. Sir J E Smith ⁵ is now living within two miles of ^you at Henbury I [illegible] suppose you have seen him I expect his 3 vol: daily[?] as I should suppose it must be finished I received a long Letter from Mr Strangeways ⁶ [sic] a short time ago with 2 plates from Raddi ⁷

I remain Dear Sir yours sincerely
A Bourke Lambert

W. H. Talbot Esq^r
N^o 4 Mall Building
Clifton
near Bristol.