From W. C. Tait   [23 August 1869]

the mother” I have them all preserved in spirits.

I shall try to obtain for you some seed of the drosophyllum and shall also try to obtain some plants to accustom them to growing in large flower pots before sending them to you.¹ Perhaps the plants prefer some peculiar species of fly. The greater part of the flies which I saw sticking to the plants at the locality were of the shape more or less of the house fly but much smaller.

I hear from the gardener at the botanical gardens Coimbra² that a french botanist is now employed in studying the drosera plants. Hoping that your health may improve and that you may enjoy the making of fresh discoveries in natural history

I remain, Dear Sir, | Yours very sincerely, | William C. Tait.