TALBOT1903

Normanby ¹

30 Nov^r

Dear Henry

I have just received your letter from Aske Hall ² which does not tell me whether you have got one from me which I sent to Sackville S^{t 3} – in which I begged your interest with D^r Hooker ⁴ for some junci & other rare British plants for Bertoloni. ⁵ I envy you your visit at Spofforth ⁶ pray Ask to see the varieties of Glad. tristis he is famous for. & I daresay most of the new Brasilian plants – John ⁷ says Nimrod ⁸ promises too little, he ought to be Moses as well as all the rest. It seems to be a book calculated for Gell ⁹ & Palin ¹⁰ –

I find Cyclamen Neapolitanum in the garden here out of doors, apparently having flowered in profusion – the Gardener will have it to have been a white flower – Also some hardy heaths which astonish me – australis – ramulosa

I sent the box of roots by coach to Lacock a day or two before I left London – my servant went himself to see all safe. I hope I may be able to visit you, but what with the Penrice marriages ¹¹ & other numerous engagements I know not how to settle it just now – as I go Bowood ¹² & I believe Oxford before Xmas – You should see Lincoln Cathedral in your way –

Y^r Aff^te
W F S

Henry F. Talbot Esq
Post Office
York