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The edition of the Session [?] Bulletin is exhausted nearly, but please [continues below]

Edited by
Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr.,
and
Prof. E. D. Cope.

Associate Editors
Dr. Elliott Coues, Department of Mammals and Birds,
Prof. O. T. Mason, Department of Anthropology,
Ellis H. Yarnall, Esq. Dep. of Geography and Travels,
Dr. R. H. Ward, Department of Microscopy.

[continued from above:] send me the names of 12–15 most important persons, + I will try to
[see?] them–

The American Naturalist.
A Popular Illustrated Magazine of Natural History and Travel.

Letters on business connected with the American Naturalist should be addressed to the Publishers, McCalla &
Stavely, 237-9 Dock Stree, Philadelphia, Pa.

Terms of Naturalist,
$4.00 a year.

[side note:] Mr J. [?]. Gardner's address could be reached by addressing [?] Messer McMillan + Co. London.

Providence, R. I., Aug. 10 1880

My Dear Sir.

The publishers sent me a copy
of your Botany, and I write to congratulate
you on so successfully completing the task, I
have looked it over with some care – and I
much like the plan and its execution. The trouble
with [?]'s [Botamis?] is that they refer mainly to the
[Honeing?] plants – your book is the first American one to give a
person like my self who has a very superficial
knowledge of the subject, a clear conception of the
vegetable kingdom as a [?]. I shall venture
myself to notice it for the Naturalist, instead of
giving it [to? ?] [?] – specialist to review.

By the way would you feel like editing the
Botanical department of the Naturalist? The duties
are to adjudicate on the articles sent for publications
and to prepare each [?] a [brief?] resume of botanical
[?] especially in general, [?] +
physiological botany. I will send a copy of the [magazine?]
+ all the botanical exchanges, + give you all the