My Dear Darwin

Though you are working now at very different objects, I thought you might be interested to see the enclosed seedling of Drosera Capensis:¹ I sowed the seed gathered from my own plant about midsummer or rather later and i⁠⟨⁠t⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠has⁠⟩⁠ come up very freely ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ I sowed upon Sphag⁠⟨⁠num⁠⟩⁠ packed tightly into a pot and then cut very close— I also scattered some upon the peat of the pot in which one of my Odontoglossums² is growing— Both have come up—but the sphagnum pot is the best— I have to keep the moss down by Clipping or it would soon smother the Drosera—

You will see that like my seedling plants of Spathulata (which are flourishing sple⁠⟨⁠ndidly⁠⟩⁠ it is in the shape ⁠⟨⁠    ⁠⟩⁠ rotundifolia³

Have you noticed how large & fleshy the roots of Capensis are? and also that the roots of dichotoma are also very large & numerous—unless the latter are subterranean rhizomes seing that they give off foliar buds so freely.—⁴

I am ever yours | W C Williamson