TALBOT3158

Dear Henry

Send me back Martius’s ¹ letter when you have read it – I enclose a note from Emily ² – I know Malison ³ is reckoned a good gardener if other conditions suit he would put yours in good order for a futu[re]⁴ one – M^r Lambert ⁵ is in town – he promis[ed] me a hardy Poinciana which is a novelty – Will the Comet ⁶ be as fine in January as now & higher in the sky? till we get frosty nights there is no chance of seeing it.

Y^r aff
W F S

31 Oct^r

1835 London October thirty one W F Strangways
Henry F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham