28 Mr. Faraday on the 



civility to Colonel Hugonin, suggests that the residence at 

 Mayfield was, in the words applied by Washington Irving,, 

 to Roscoe's in Liverpool " the seat of elegant hospitality." 

 The list of plants at the foot of Mrs. Hugonin's second 

 letter apparently describes the contents of the hamper sent 

 to Mayfield by her. The Erica ciliaris, which Mrs. Hugonin 

 did not consider to be British, is, Mr. Charles Bailey writes 

 me, a wild Cornish plant* : — ■ 



Nursted Novbr i^th 



1S01. 

 Sir 



I received the Basket of plants yesterday morning in perfect good order. 

 They are all planted according to your directions & do not look at all the 

 worse for their journey. I beg you will accept my thanks. The Azalea pro- 

 cumbens will have my particular attention, as Sowerby had taught me to admire 

 it. Never expecting to meet with the plant, it is a great prize to me. The 

 primula's are all great favorites — except the farinosa, they were strangers to 

 me. Erica ciliaris, & Cornus Canadensis, I cannot consider as British. 



By the number of British plants you have sent me, I must consider you as 

 a great Botanist, this part affords a greater variety of soil than any part of 

 England I ever was in, and in my Botanical researches I had the good luck to 

 meet with many very rare plants — almost all the Orchis's, and many Ophrys's. 

 Serapias ensifolia, grandiflora, latifolia, longifolia. Campanula patula which 

 Dr. Smith mentions as one of the rarest English plants. I hope if you wish 

 for any of the above next year you will employ me. I had the Cistus guttatus 

 and Salicifolius blowing in my garden very beautiful all the Summer. Should 

 you not have them I can save you some of the Seeds. I have lately purchased 

 a great variety of British plants from Salisbury's Botanical garden at Brompton 

 (late Curtis's) and a few green House plants, amongst the latter three Lobelias 

 that are great ornaments to the House being always in blossom. Lobelia 

 Denticulata, pubescens, & Bicolor. It is almost time to mention the Colonel 

 who arrived at Nursted last Tuesday perfectly well — he is continually talking of 

 your civility to him, and of your beautiful garden — he holds my garden & 

 knowledge of plants extremely cheap after having seen yours. 



Colonel Hugonin begs to join me in best comp ts - I am Sir 



Your obd' Humble Servt 

 CHARLOTTE F. HUGONIN. 



* I may remind the reader that in the use of capitals in the botanical names and in all' 

 other details, punctuation, italicising, and so forth, I have in the reproduction of Mrs. 

 Hugonin's letters, as in all other instances, considered it best to faithfully follow the manu- 

 script. — F. J. F. 



