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Diller. Neb. Nov. 13d. 1885.

Prof. Charles E. Bessey
Lincon, Nebr.
Dear Sir.

Your letter of the 7th
inst. giving directions for preserving
woods is at hand, and please accept
my thanks in return for directions and
also for the copy of the "Amer' Nat. Extra" of
October, giving general botanical noes which
were read with much interest.

My collecting will be confined
at present to our native woods and I will
with pleasure contribute some specimens
for the University Cabinet. Think that the
specimens will show much better with the
bark upon them as some kinds are very
much alike when seasoned i.e. ash & hackberry
and even hickory appear alike when surfaced
to a person who does not examine closely.

I presume some questions which I