Sending him extracts from letters sent to her from Miss Mitford addressed to him; adding that she had an additional letter from Miss Mitford "...two days ago about a seedling of her own which is also called after you, & of which both you & I, if we & the sun behave pretty well, are promised a descendant-plant next year;" asking him to write to let her know how he is and how his "shilling Orion is going . . off - for I confess to a curiosity."