TALBOT2626

London ¹
March 4^th

My Dear Sir

I have desired my banker to pay the sum ² mentioned to the Norwich Yarmouth Bank - If they make any mistake, & it is not received I trust you will let me know.

If you figure the Arabis rosea ³ (which I sent this morning) I hope you will give me a copy of the plate, and of the letterpress belonging to it, to send to the gentleman who furnished me with the specimens ⁴ -

Today I saw in the Hort^l Society's ⁵ garden Acacia decurrens in flower, having stood the winter in the open ground (not against a wall) and not protected by a mat. A proof of a mild winter.

I send you a plant that flowered in my greenhouse lately, which I wish to know if you can name with certainty. It is very sweetscented. Leaves long very narrow and ciliated. It is conjectured by Lindley ⁶ to be the Hyacinthus spicatus. ⁷ Sibthorp. ⁸

The history of the plant is this. In April 1826 I gathered its seeds, already quite ripe, in the island of Zante, and not having seen the flower, sowed them with care when I returned home. The plants grew so slowly that they are now in flower for the first time. I have a great interest in knowing its name, having gathered it in so remote & beautiful a spot.

Yours most truly
H. F. Talbot.