Dear Sir

I am very much obliged for your kind letter, & for the printed article which is fuller than the MS. that I saw before.¹

I find that I erred in supposing that the leaves never opened a second time.² I did suppose that you resided near the habitation of the Dionea, which I look at as the most wonderful plant in the world.³

If you do visit the proper district I sh^d be very much obliged if you w^d open a dozen oldish leaves to see what sized insects they capture.

I am aware that a very minute insect w^d start the leaf, but I suspect that they w^d generally escape through the apertures at the bases of the spikes before they are completely interlocked.

With my best thanks, | believe me dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin