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very glad you have given us
the work. In plant life Botany
is henceforth to achieve its
greatest victories.

We were writing once about
[?] [?]. Their
[?] was the subject of
my final paper just 40 years
ago! But only this year
have I discovered that the
[?] follows [??]. The
stamens just as likely
to go down as up, or to the
[?] as to the [calf?]. And
those which go up now,
may go down the next
time!

I have noticed this [?]
how many plants have
their leaves sleep in the day
under bright light, as in its
absence. ——however if you
come to Boston we will talk
over these things.

Very sincerely
[Nash?] [Mathew?]