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Melbury ¹
Thursday 13 May

My dear Henry

I hope you have received a catalogue of Cape bulbs lately imported which, as well as a bit of music for Rosamond, ² I sent to you at the Atheneum [sic] a few days ago.

Lindley ³ was much pleased with your Tacsonia manicata – you would have got a prize if you could have exhibited the plant – I did not see any specimen of it on Saturday at Chiswick

The show there was very good for Orchidaceæ Azaleas Roses Geraniums & a few other things in the tents, but I never saw the garden itself look to less advantage –

I go to Abbotsbury ⁴ next Wednesday for a week & then back to town –

I saw Kit ⁵ who did not give a good account of either Jane, ⁶ Lucy ⁷ or Susy Franklen ⁸ & has not been very well himself – I am sorry to say too that poor Edward Murray ⁹ is very seriously ill I saw him for a few minutes, he seemed in a great state of weakness.

Y^rs Aff
W F Strangways