My dear Henry

I have this moment received a magnificent box of seeds from Mexico ^<1> more than I know what to do with I wish you were here to pick out any you like – You have given me so poor an idea of Lacock as a winter place that I am afraid to send any of the most promising there, but I shall send a few to Bowood - ^<2> I enclose some that I think may interest you, & of which you might sow some now & keep the rest till Spring.

There are among them a Gentian – an Erythrea – a Cistus besides Agaves & Acacias e Regione frigidâ ^<3> which will just do for Abbotsbury ^<4>.

Let me know how long you are to be found at Lacock

Y^r Aff
W F S

B St ^<5>
16 Sep

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Notes:

1. See Doc. No: 01534 of 2 February 1827 and Doc. No: 00338.

2. Bowood House, nr Calne, Wiltshire, 5 mi NE of Lacock: seat of the Marquess of Lansdowne.

3. From a cold region.

4. Abbotsbury, Dorset: home of William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways.

5. 31 Burlington Street, London home of William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways.