My dear Sir

I am obliged for the correction of sum expended and have asked Mr. Caird to correct the figures in my Statement.¹ Mr. Caird has written and seems satisfied with what I have said of your method and the results hitherto attained. He says “If Mr. Torbitt succeeds in getting a plant more than commonly capable of resisting the fungus we shall all be well repaid, and my friends and myself are perfectly satisfied to follow your lead in the matter”.² I can now positively promise to send in the autumn £90 besides the £75 already sent; but I shall be very glad if you can manage to draw rather less, as I have told Mr. Caird’s friends that I believed you could do with less.³ Good fortune attend your efforts.

Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin.

P.S. I now return all the documents together with your MS. which you had better preserve, as it may come in useful.⁴