Glasgow.
May 16. 1836.
My dear Sir
Mr Murray 1 gave me the enclosed 2 this morning. He had made some memorandum upon it, after explaining the contents to Reid & then shut it up in a book.
You have indeed Spring weather in the South. Our H. Chestnuts 3 & our Lilacs will certainly not be out for 3 weeks to come. I hope you gathered good specimens of Narcissus poeticus, a very rare plant in any station. Aucuba japonica is certainly very scarce in fruit & I should be curious to see the structure. De Candolle knew nothing of it. He puts the Genus among Corneæ. See Prodromus 4 v. 4. p. 274.
The Moss you enclose is Bryum hornum in a young state.
Watson 5 I know will be thankful to have habitats of Plants. Indeed without such assistance he can never make a complete Bot. Guide. His address is “Thames Ditton, by Kingston”.
Could the Epimedium you allude be from Douglas’ 6 seeds from California or N. W. America? If so it is my Epim. hexandrum, a most interesting species.
Mr Gardner embarked today for South America. I think you expressed a wish in one of your letters to have a copy of your his “Mosses.” 7 If so that letter also I left with Murray. But I shall see him in a day or two & ascertain the point. Mr G. has left 6 copies for sale; all that remain: & if I find you have maintained your desire to have one, I will take care it shall be one of the best. It is very beautifully got up.
Very faithfully
Yours,
W. J. Hooker.
H. F. Talbot Esqre
31. Sackville street 8
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