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including 2 or 3 Palms, one
being the magnificent [?]
or Royal Palm, of which
there are considerable forests
west of the Everglades – I first
found it on the 15th of July, 1880.

The remarkable shrub which
you will find in Fasc. V., among
the [?], lettered B, I think,
Prof. Gray finds to be Catesbara
parviflora (near Randia).

Next year I intentd to spend
five months in the Smoky Mts.
of E. Tennessee.

Yours very truly
A. H. Curtis.
A. H. Curtis

Curtis

Key West, Fla.
Decr. 31, 1881

Prof. C. E. Bessey:

Dear Sir – On the 28th
inst. I shipped my 5th [?]
from J'ville & now am here
prepared to start to-morrow
on my 3d & last cruise.

Your set was sent to the
care of Mr. Patterson, prepaid
to [?]; It contains
200 sps. besides a few
extraneous ones, which you
will probably recognize.

Please [remit?] by M. [A?].
payable to Mr. F. A. Curtis,
Jacksonville.

I hope you will not get
tired of waiting for those wood
species. I have 50 or 60 kinds
for you at home, & expect to finish