University Coll. Oxford
November 10th – 16
My Dear Talbot
Hearing that you are returned to Castleford, <1> I cannot any longer delay the pleasure of writing to you, with the expectation that the still greater pleasure of hearing from you, will result from it.
I hope you was [sic] pleased with your visit to the Continent, I suppose you had not much time to S]are for botanizing. – I hope you saw the Botanical Garden at Paris. – That here is pretty good in the collection of hardy plants, but very bad houses; & all the trees are to the south so prevent the Sun from shining on the rest of the Garden. – They very seldom have a lecture as no body scarcely will attend. – I have been here since Easter & like it much better than I expected; pray when may should I expect to see you at Oxford? – I attended last term a course of Geological lectures, & am now attending the Chemical and Anatomical courses; all of which I have found very interesting – I think you would like them much. on the opposite page you will see a few habitats, which I daresay might be much encreased [sic] as to this neighbourhood, but I scarcely find time for Botany here. – & I hope that you by keeping your promise of coming to Wallington next summer will add to the list of Northumberland plants. The specimens of Hymenophyllum Tunbridgiense, were so very minute, that for some time I did not know what to make of it. – I got some very good specimens of the Spærophoron [sic] coralloides in fructification. –
Some of the Jamaica seeds which I sowed last spring are in a very flourishing state at Wallington. –
I am sorry to hear that Harrns[?] is in such a disordered state, which I suppose you have heard from your Cousin, who I hope is well &c. –
What weather have you now? The ground here is white with snow that has just fallen. 4. P.M.
with all good wishes &c &c I remain yours sincerely
W. C. Trevelyan
Oxfordshire
| Sanguisorba officinalis, common near Oxford | ||
| Antirrhinum cymballaria |  |
common on walls in Oxford. |
| Senecio Squalidus – | ||
| Turritis Hirsuta, Rewley Abby [sic], near Oxon. | ||
| Aquilegia vulgaris | |
on Shotover Hill, near Oxon: |
| Osmunda lunaria | ||
| Rumex Sanguineus, in St Peters Church Yard. Oxon. |
Durham Shire
| Melica Nutans | ||
| Cephrys Muscifera, | |
in Castle Eden Dean |
| Rubus Saxatilis – | ||
| Osmunda Lunaria – | ||
| Fucus plumosus – | |
Seaton Carew |
| – aculeatus – | ||
| – saccharinus. Very common – a specimen I have 8 feet in length | ||
| Stellaria nemorum in the wood bank of river [illegible deletion] Wear at Durham | ||
| Astragalus hypoglottis – | |
Seaton Carew |
| Geranium Sanguineum | ||
| Thalictrum minus – | ||
| Rosa rubella – | |
at Hartlepool |
| Cochlearia officinalis |
Northumberland
| Fucus esculentus – | |
Newbiggin by the Sea |
| plumosus – | ||
| aculeatus – | ||
| dentatus – | ||
| Astragalus hypoglottis – | ||
| Geranium sanguineum | ||
| Rubus [chamæmorus?] – | |
near the top of Simon side Hill. near Wallington alias 9 miles from it. |
| Cephrys cordata – | ||
| Hymenophyllum Tunbridgiense – | ||
| Sphærophoron coralloides, vel Lichen Globiferus |
Notes:
1. Castleford, Yorkshire, 10 mi SE of Leeds, where WHFT went to school from 1815-1816.