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HERBARIUM OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

CAMBRIDGE, MASS., 19th NOV., 1885.

To J. C. ARTHUR,
C. R. BARNES,
J. M. COULTER,

Committee,

And to the numerous Botanical Brotherhood
represented by them:

As I am quite uable to convey to you in words,
any adequate idea of the gratification I received on
the morning of the 18th inst. from the wealth of
congratulations and expressions of esteem and affection
which welcomed my seventy-fifth birthday, I
can do no more than to render to each and all, by
this circular letter, my heartiest thanks. Among
fellow-botanists — more pleasantly connected than
in any other pursuit by mutual giving and receiving,
— some recognition of a rather uncommon anniversary
might naturally be expected. But this full flow