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pains-taking taking labor, & appears to
embody the results of the latest
researches. It gives the essential
facts of the science, clearly, concisely,
& in [?] proper sequence, &
cannot fail of a hearty welcome
from the lectures of botany
in this country generally.

I bespeak for the work the success
it so richly deserves.

I am very respectfully yours,
E. S. Bastin.

If not delivered within 10 days, to be returned to

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Prof. C. E. Bessey
Iowa Agricultural College,
Ames,
Iowa.