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The said is to be had at this time of the year
The red stripes on the leaves I am positively
assured are according to nature. How that
can be I cannot pretend to say: but at any
rate the green is of such a colour as surely
no natural plant of the kind could ever
have exhibited, unless peradventure at the
eve of its dissolution. Why then says the
indignant Fuchsia pester me with such
trumpery? Because, because, now I will
answer you honestly. In the first place
because in order to know whether and how
to send it, I was forced to ask Ld. L which
I did before I knew that what I had to send
was not fit to send: whereby Ld. L and
"Ld. Henry" who were by, heard that I had
Identifier: | JB/009/094/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
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letter 762, vol. 4; draft; also printed in bowring, x, 275-276 |
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