Written from Royal Gardens, Kew. Manuscript
He has written to Carstensen [Frederick Carstensen, consul in Mogador, later Essaouira, Morocco] for all particulars, and to ask the Foreign Office if the steamer is the quickest way there; he returns Lamprey's[?] letter and wonders why 'Jackson's Morocco' [J.G. Jackson's account of his trip to Morocco] is not in the list; he has not yet read Hodgkin ['Narrative of a journey to Morocco' by Thomas Hodgkin] as he is very busy; the passage is cheaper than expected; he invites Maw to visit when he comes to town; Maw will be pleased with the progress of their herbaceous collection