TALBOT9726

26 Jun 1870

My Dear Sir

Thanks for your notice of the Vellozia elegans. ¹ Hooker ² has figured it in the Botanical Magazine ³ the N^o of the figure is 5803. He calls it Vellozia & does not think that there are sufficient characters to establish a genus Talbotia ⁴

I am glad to hear that the Clærodendron is thriving in your Stove It is car certainly a beautiful plant when in full flower. The fine corolla however soon fades.

We shall expect a communication from you for the Royal Society ⁵ next session

The Tacsonia must have been very striking when in fruit.

I shall [be] glad to see your Italian plant & I shall examine it.

I shall be in Edinburgh till the end of July.

I am lecturing to a class of 280 –

Yours truly
J. H. Balfour