TALBOT4613

Abb^{y 1}–
Tuesday 13 Sepr

My dear Henry

I see by the papers that Caroline ² is arrived, I do not know where to find any of the family but you, & therefore beg you to let me know how you hear she is & Charley ³ more particularly. Is Ld M^t E ⁴ coming soon? & is he better than he was last year?

L^y I. ⁵ has been but poorly these few last days, & not able to get out – I trust however it will pass over.

Our autumnal spring is commencing – we have laburnum anemones, Delphiniums, & many spring flowers recommencing – & a blaze of Colchicums, Oporanthus luteus in the greatest profusion, Hibiscus Syriacus, of which we have many of different shades, a magnificent Bignonia grandiflora & Passionflower, Pancratium maritim[um] Scilla autumnalis; a second blow of nearly all the Mesembs, – oleander, honeysuckles, Clematis montana, & cistus – & one most lovely bunch of Crocus speciosus which I never before saw in such perfection – Aconitum japonicum, Phytolacca [Xandia?] ⁶ & a new Yucca on the point of flowering Oxalis cernua in abundance – & Antirrhinum Siculum.

I have had Dianthus sylvestris in flower for the first time – Dianella lævis, with beautiful blue berries –

You should have Houttuynia cordifolia – it is a pretty & a lasting flower, & requires only a bog to grow in I will send you a root if I can – Tradescantia crassifolia has been flowering very well – out of doors.

Where is Caroline going to be for the present?

Y^r aff^t
W F S