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Scientific and medical books, minerals, shells, fossils, birds, eggs, eyes, pins, etc., etc.
For Sale by A. E. Foote, M. D. [Prof. Min. and Chem., Fellow Am. Ass'n Adv. Science, Life Member Am. Museum Nat. History New York and Philadelphia Acad. Nat. Sci.]
1223 Belmont Avenue, Philada.
Specimen copy 32 page illus. Naturalists' Leisure Hour and Monthly Bulletin sent free.
Jun. 28. '81.
I can now offer you [?] [?]. M. D. [Catalogue?] of the N. Am. Genera of Plants with the no. of Species in each Genus. [N. Y.?] 1831, 22 pp. [?] paper in fair condition – exceedingly rare. $1.50 no. 363. Please state no. in ordering.
Rspt. A. E. Foote.
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Biological Department. Professors: C. E. Bessey, M. Sc., Ph. D. Botany. F. E. L. Beal, B. Sc., Zoology. M. Stalker, B. Sc., V. S., Anatomy. D. S. Fairchild, M. D. Pathology. Assistant: H. Osborn, B. Sc., Entomology
Iowa Agricultural College. Ames, February 17th 1881
To the President elect. The Hon. James A. Garfield. My dear sir:
Allow me to urge upon you that in making up the corps of officers in and near your cabinet you do somewhat to raise the Department of Agriculture from the unfortunate position it has hitherto occupied. As one of the workers in scientific agriculture, and a professor of one of the sciences closely relaed to agriculture, I would urge the appointment of a man for Commissioner of Agriculture who can command the respect of our scientific men [sic.], and whose experience
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Biological Department. Professors: C. E. Bessey, M. Sc., Ph. D. Botany. F. E. L. Beal, B. Sc., Zoology. M. Stalker, B. Sc., V. S., Anatomy. D. S. Fairchild, M. D. Pathology. Assistant: H. Osborn, B. Sc., Entomology
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has been such as to entitle him to the confidence of the practical agriculturists of the whole country. Such a man is Orange Judd of New York, the honored and successful publisher of the American Agriculturist. I would urge that if possible he be made Commissioner of Agriculture.
Very respectfully, C. E. Bessey.
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9 Waverly Pl. New York Oct 18/81
My dear Sir
Mr. Foote is very interesting. I[?] [?] afraid that the [Sun bloom?] would turn out to be an introduced species, since there are so many foreign plants brought to our state every year on ships' ballast. One of the [Day?] Island [Station?], however, was pretty far inland. Its discovery settles the fact that the plant is an American. You have wished that I made a call in the last [?] for plant names. No one seems to care about