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on ordinary blank newspaper.
For the protophyta I took Fig. 145
of your Botany: for the gygospores
Fig. 160; for oospores Fig. 175, 177,
[180?], and 71 from 176; for the carpospores
Fig. 216, 217, and Fig. 71 from DeBary's
[Mor. & Phys. des Pilge?], also III IV & V of Fig. 188
of your Botany. The paper was received
with the greatest enthusiasm, and
many questions were asked during
its delivery, and it was followed
by a discussion that lasted nearly
an hour, and as it showed no
signs of abating the Pres. of [the?]
meeting then interrupted and called
for the next paper. The whole time
occupied was nearly two hours.
They were profuse with their
praises before I had finished
my paper, and as soon as I
sat down they gave me a very
hearty [vote?] of thanks. At the
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[time?] [as?] afterward they said everything
to show their appreciation. The paper
belongs to the Agric. Soc., but the
Hort. Soc. wish to also publish
it, and although they wished to
[make?] it complete finally concluded
that the Agr. Soc. should publish
it in full with the illustrations,
and the Hort. Soc. should give
an abstract of the first part
and the particular descriptions
be made even fuller than
[?] the [?]. They offter to obtain
engavings of the best characters
for any original drawings I
may wish to insert. But of course
I have none to offer. I write you
about this because it was so
unexpected and so remarable.
And also I wish to enquire where
and at what probable cost the
electrotypes of the cuts I have