Dear Henry

I hope you arrived all well at Lacock & that Country air will do you all good –

I have received bulbs from Aleppo apparently a poor selection but with names in Arabic – How can I send you any – or any other thing safely? – I have also cones of Pinus canariensis.

Lindley ^<1> has got a fine Herbarium of new New holl^{d <2>} plants from Maj^r Mitchell ^<3> some beautiful Epacris, a lovely Tetratheca, & Correas & an eatable nut like an Osyris alba! enlarged –

Y^r aff
W F S

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Shrub growing at Llanelay ^<4>
Lindley supposes it to be Viburnum dentatum

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H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham

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Notes:

1. Prof John Lindley (1799–1865), botanist.

2. Australia.

3. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (1792–1855), explorer of Australia, surveyor-general of New South Wales. He made four expeditions into the interior between 1831 and 1847.

4. Llanely, or Lanely, Glamorganshire: home of Lady Mary Cole and Mary Thereza Talbot.