Dear Sir

I thank you sincerely for your two letters, and for the offer in your last.¹ On Saturday afternoon I spent about an hour and a half in examining flowers of R. acris to see if I could find any with the Gynoecium aborted but after examining many hundred flowers I failed to find any. I saw a many of the small flowered females and I have planted some in our Botanical Garden.² On Sunday last I was in the Wye Valley between Buxton and Miller’s Dale. I found some few plants of R. acris with female flowers. I may state that the object of my visit was to examine the Geum rivale (not intermedia as I supposed) to see if I could find any in the same condition as that I sent you.³ I succeeded in finding about 30 flowers with only the stamens developed some of which were on the same flower stalk along with Hermaphrodite flowers, one plant which I have before now, has 5 flowers, 4 of which are Hermaphrodite and one male. As far as my observations have gone the male flowers are not at all common.⁴ But I am afraid I am tresspassing too much on your time

I Remain Sir | Yours Respectfully | Thomas Whitelegg

P.S. I can forward you the plants if you desire me to do so which I would gladly do.

T.W.