TALBOT1671

Flo ¹ –

10 May

Dear Henry

I enclose you 2 from the G. Sempl. ² What are they? I went with Raddi ³ yesterday to Careggi & found Bellis annua for the 1^st time. Chironia maritima & Linum Strictum the wonders of the place, not out – plenty of Serapias, Genista genuensis, Vicia hirta – Lathyrus clymenum – Heiracium <sic> florentinum, &c – Will you have a bushel of A. roseum – bulbilli? I went to Careggi to get O ⁴ exscapum roots but it had disappeared – I enclose a specific character – no I can not find it – it concludes with O. umb. et nan. subsimile, petalis basi solutis, unguiculis gibbosionibus. ⁵ I have little doubt those were the expressions of Pliny himself whenever he saw the plant. Pray cultivate Cratægus florentina it is the handsomest European species

I wish for some account of the progress of the garden at Lacock to know what you are worthy of –

Y^r Aff

W F S

Orchis provincialis or Cyrilli has flowered at Abbotsbury! ⁶ Do C. ⁷ or H. ⁸ draw flowers?