TALBOT3180

My dear Henry

Have you any of the Cheiranthus mutabilis – I think 3 or 4 plants probably hybrids, pass under that name. I hope you have taken up some of M^r Herberts ¹ bulbs for me – I have written to a man at the Cape for a boxfull if they come, you shall share them with me –

Have you in your shrubbery or anywhere the white American Cedar – Cupressus thyoides I believe – it is much more rare than the red – Juniperus virginiana. M^r Hunneman ² has imported 5 large Zamias from the cape stems 8 – or 10 ft high. they are in Chelsea hothouse to tempt them into leaf –

Y^r aff
W F S

I hope Caroline ³ & [Guy?] are well – what news from Nice?⁴

My Christmas visitings are again in doubt, owing to the serious illness of poor Lady Sheffield, ⁵ which I fear will bring Mam ⁶ up to town.

1835 London December fourteen W F Strangways
H. F. Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham