TALBOT4176

[written on the same sheet as a note from Charlotte Traherne - see ]

My dear Henry

I am delighted to hear that you have really a mind to settle in this county and will do my best to collect information for you. We shall be very glad to see you and if you were not in a hur[ry] ¹ back to Lacock we should try to keep you longer than “a day or two”.

The Campanela hederacea does not grow nearer Penrice than Penllergare ² I believe, it is here where we have it in profusion, I must have made some mistake when I wrote before. –

My love to my little cousins & their Mamma ³

I am your aff^ate coz
Mary

Emma ⁴ and her Childⁿ are with us now.
I have many nice little plants coming up from seed but now our Spring flowers are over, we cannot boast a gay garden here.
Chryseis will be difficult to remember at first, but it is shorter than the old name which is a recommendation to me!

Henry Fox Talbot Esq^re
Laycock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts