My Dear Sir,

Your plan of registration is so good that I adopt it in transmitting my paper to you.²

One point about which you may differ from me is the introduction of the word “rhine” (a nostril). The organs referred to are undoubtedly respiratory only, and as we have adopted the word stoma in animal physiology for a minute nutrient orifice, I think botanist ought to adopt another description of the ascertained function of the structure.³

I trust everything else will meet with your approval.

Yours faithfully, | Lawson Tait

P.S. My amanuensis, my wife,⁴ is off work for a day or two with a cold, but she will transmit you the abstract by tomorrow evenings or Saturdays post. Would you kindly include it with paper if you transmit it to the R.S. | L.T.