My dear Fox

I know that you observe all natural objects. I am in great want of a living plant of Utricularia. Have you ever seen it in clear ditches in the I. of Wight? If so, could you send me a plant (with a root if it has one) packed in damp moss in a tin box. I enclose habitats from Broomfield;¹ but know not whether they are within a drive from you— I do not care about the flowers. I once saw the plant near Eastbourne.

Have you ever met with Pinguicola Lusitanica in the I. of Wight? If you could find it, I w^d ask you to observe a point about it whilst in a state of nature; & indeed I sh^d like to see a specimen.² I have been working at some very interesting points in P. vulgaris—³

yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin