TALBOT3219

London
5^th March 1836

Dear Sir

I enclose a cheque for the amount ¹ of the Texas plants –

I give a gardener 35£ ² with a house & fuel, also vegetables out of the garden ad libitum. ³ I want a man who understands the management of a kitchen garden, wallfruit, etc. and who is himself a hardworking man – There is a good deal of pleasure ground to take care of. I do not want him to possess much botanical knowledge, but I should prefer a person of intelligence for then it is easily acquired as much as is wanted for common practice. I do not want him to understand hothouses or greenhouses, or forcing. – I should be glad to hear more particulars of the one you speak of, from Bothwell gardens, ⁴ but the difficulty is that if I should not like him when I see him, I sh^d have to pay his journey to & from Scotland. This makes it desirable to have him more particularly recommended before I send for him.

I keep 3 or 4 men always at work in the garden –

Believe me Yours very truly
H. F. Talbot