TALBOT6395

Ab. ¹
3 Feb March 1851

My dear Henry

I left with Caroline ² a few tracts that may be interesting to you, & which I can give you. Have you made anything out of the Bernardishe Sprachkarte Deutschlands?

I shall take this to the garden & put in a specimen of something, I know not what.

I have found a M^r Saunders ³ at Wandsworth who bought many of the bulbs &c of D^r Herbert, ⁴ & who cultivates succulents – he has a very rich collection & we have promised each other mutual assistance.

Agave saponaria has stood out this winter with no protection whatever. so has Amaryllis Josephinæ<,> Chamærops hystrix & Piper excelsum & Pomaderris apetala.

What do you think of the present unsatisfactory state of affairs? What a triumph the Pope ⁵ has had – without a leg to stand on barring a French bayonet he has upset a popular British Ministry with his little finger. What a page for a future Macaulay. ⁶

I am from Moreton ⁷ where I saw a good letter from Horatia ⁸ of late date.

Y^r aff
W F S

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Henry Fox Talbot Esq^r
Laycock Abbey-
Chippenham