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Herbarium of Harvard University,
Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass.
Aug. 12 1880.

My Dear Bessey

I am much obliged
for your Botany. It
is very creditable, and I
see has given you a
world of work. It
has been [?] by [rain?] a
few days, and I have
been trying to trim the
[?], but have found
time only for a rapid
glance. I should like
to [?] a portion of it in
[?] [?] [?] – but
it is doubtful if I shall
be [?]. Perhaps you
[??] 3 weeks I am
to sail for Europe – for a