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Document number: 00279
Date: 30 Mar
Watermark: 1830
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: LINDLEY John
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 1st September 2003

Acton Green

3d March

Dear Sir

I thought I shd have found yr Hyacinth amg some of the many similar Species in my herbm but I am disappointed. Not knowing what sort of leaves the plant has, nor how far the specimen may be characteristic I do not find it possible to tell with any certainty what it is. Most likely it will prove the H. spicatus of Sibthorp, <1>

Yours truly

John Lindley

H. F. Talbot Esq

Notes:

1. John Sibthorp (1758–1796), botanist, author of the Flora Græca.