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Edinbro’ –
Saturday
March 23^d

My dear Papa,

Many thanks for your long letter which I received this morning, and by which we saw that you did not get Mama’s ¹ on Thursday as you ought; but that we had already guessed on the receipt of your telegram yesterday. A negligence of the Chippenham ² post office, I suppose, such as has already occurred several times before. Do please send the seeds by post; Tilly ³ would be very glad to have them, as it is time to sow the earlier sorts now.

But we were very anxious to have some of them also, both vegetables & flowers to sow at Milburn tower; ⁴ they would all thrive there as the soil is good, and seeds this year are both scarce and dear.

The gardener is just beginning to stock it, and would plant anything we sent him. Could you not ask Wilkins ⁵ to return you any that he does not absolutely want, particularly the Paris Cos lettuce, which is so good, and which he did not used to care for? – What a pity the horticultural society did not make the same lucky mistake as last year and send you two packets! I suppose it would be impossible to beg or buy any more from them.

It is very mild today, but we have had several snowstorms & high winds of late, though the snow did not remain long on the ground.

I am sorry Charles ⁶ is still so often unwell, but perhaps the change will do him good. I must write to him soon. Please give him my love. Goodbye, dear Papa,

Your affectionate daughter
Rosamond.