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Quoted by permission of the Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley

BIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
Professors:
C. E. Bessey, M. Sc., Ph. D. Botany.
F. E. L. Beal, B. Sc., Zoology.
M. Stalker, B. Sc., V. S., Anatomy.
D. S. Fairchild, M. D. Pathology.
Assistant:
H. Hosborn, B. Sc., Entomology

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Iowa Agricultural College.

Ames, Aug 7th 1880

Professor E. W. Hilgard.
Univ. of California
My Dear Sir,

[?] a [?]
you will review a copy
of my new book on Botany
which I beg of you to accept
with my compliments.

I shall be glad to review
suggestions and criticisms
[about?] it after you have
examined it.

Very truly
Yours
C. E. Bessey.