TALBOT707

My dear Henry,

I hope by this time you have received the Etchings ¹ such as they are I am afraid your expectations were raised too high by having seen those at Sir Joseph Banks’s ² – mine were done with the Chemical Ink – The German Flora was done with chalk which makes a great difference but both are good in their way. I am ashamed I did not thank you for Bryum cuspidatum but I thought I had. I like Bryum’s better than any other Genus. I long to hear whether what I sent you are right pray let me know soon. The Cairne is the heap of stones in the East end of Cyfn Bryn – it is the same as a barrow only composed of Stones instead of Earth. You say the Phascum’s you sent me are not Smith’s, ³ who did you name them by? – I have dried a great quantity of Plants & a good many grasses but not all I could get here, pray whenever you meet with an uncommon one save it in a Book for me. Since I wrote last I found the [illegible deletion] Hippuris in the edge of the Pond – I was very glad indeed it was in full blossom –. How would you be so tantalizing as to tell me about the O Lunaria ⁴ & not send me some. I don’t think I will be good friends with you till you send me some which I desire may be done as quickly as possible

Yours
Jane

Send me anything you have ready to spare, O Lunaria &c as Uncle Harry ⁵ is here so I shall have them free

– mind you send it directly as he will not stay long.

If by any chance you have got Brynam punctatious[?] Aunt Ilchester ⁶ [illegible] you would give her some.

Swansea, July Twenty 1816 Ilchester
W. H. F. Talbot Esq^r
Rev^d M^r Barnes ⁷
Castleford
Ferrybridge
Yorkshire