TALBOT330

Princes buildings
Clifton ¹
June 6

My dear Henry

It is a very long time since I have heard any thing of you or your’s [sic] & I must let you know I am at Clifton, in Isabella’s ² house, hoping you may some day find time to come over & see me. it would give both of us great pleasure to see you & she would be very glad to make acquaintance with dear Constance ³ & your Girls; there are one or two little Souvenirs of my dear Mother ⁴ which I should like you to have & if you should not be at Lacock I hope you will send me word where I should send my little parcel, before I leave Clifton?⁵ I have not settled the time I shall remain here yet as I “am to stay as long as I can”! – M^r Llewelyn ⁶ with Emma ⁷ & their tribe returned home today I saw them off by the Steamer to Chepstow this morning there cannot be a more charming day for the packets & the tide being in it will be very pretty all down the rivers – Yesterday there was a fine flower shew at the Zoological Gardens & I heard it was a splendid one but I had no fancy for encountering the crowd & the rest of the party went without me. My poor sick Niece ⁸ was glad of my company & I heard about the splendid Rhododendrons, Azaleas in Pyramids & lovely Roses from Emma’s youngest Girls who are great lovers of flowers & were quite enchanted with all they saw. they are full of pleasure at the thoughts of seeing their own Gardens however & return home with the greatest pleasure after having been here about 6 weeks I believe. –

How does your Garden prosper? your long absence must tell I should think unless you have a Gardener as fond of curious plants as yourself! – My kind love to my Cousins all

Ever your aff^ate old Coz
Mary