TALBOT1883

31 B – St ¹ –

Thursday 5 Nov

Dear Henry

I wrote to you from Dover & on asking in Sackville S^{t 2} was surprised to find you were at Edinburgh – To my great vexation I find the box of roots I sent from Naples 4 months ago only arrived about a fortnight. all the plants too dead or too alive the papers directions &c all rotten & in short a failure I have packed it up again having taken out my own parcel & given a few to Mary ³ – & send it to Sackville S^t to be forwarded instantly to Lacock – where I suppose the gardener will have sense enough to plant them –

Ly I. ⁴ comes here tomorrow & I believe I shall go with her to Normanby ⁵ meet John ⁶ & return with him to Dorsetshire – I expect to hear from you –

Y^r Aff^te

W F S

Henry F. Talbot Esq
Post Office
Edinburgh