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"There is no discount [?] [Torn Page]
merits of their two books [?] [Torn Page]
and Botany). [Thy?] [?] [?] [?]
[the?] [best?] [you?] produced in their
respective subjects. Dr. Pachard
I have known so long that
the excellence of his work is merely
a fulfillment of my expectation,
but Prof. Bessey was so much a
stranger that I am surprised
to see the masterly [originality?]
with which he [bundles?] his
[subjects?]."

(signed) A. [Winchill?]