TALBOT609

Lowther Castle ¹
1^st September

My Dear Henry

I hope you have received my Letter & rather wonder you have not answered it, as I hope you are now quite well enough to do so. Pray write me word exactly how you feel as if you do not feel well I shall make a point of meeting you in London at the conclusion of y^r Holidays as I cannot be happy separated from you when you are not well. I have got a great many dried Specimens for you, & have seen a crocus gathered by D^r Clarke on the Plain of Marathon. Have you ever heard of a plant called the Sphagnum Palustrae which grows in different parts of England & serves to perk up others & keep them alive by the quantity of juice it contains? I dug up the Geranium Sylvaticum & the Geranium Lucidum but afterwards thought I would not send them to London, but dry some instead. You will find a full account of the Nature & properties of the Sphagnum Palustri [sic] in the History of the Society for the Encourage^t of arts ² within the last 3 yrs

Henry Talbot

1. Sept. 1814. ³