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Herb. U. S. Dept. Agriculture.

Edited by
Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr.,
and
Prof. E. D. Cope.

Prof. C. E. Bessey,
Associate Editor
of the
Department of Botany.

The American Naturalist.
Published monthly by McCalla & Stavely, 237-9 Dock St., Philadelphia, at $4 a year.

Office of the Department of Botany.
Lincoln Nebraska Jany 2[?] 1885

My dear Dr. Vasey.

I have been so pleased with
your "Agricultural Grasses of the U. S." that
I cannot avoid asking you to write a
popular paper of 5 to 6 pp for the
American Naturalist, on that subject.
I feel assured that such a paper
will be read with great pleasure by
readers of the Naturalist if coming from
your pen.

Very truly
Charles E Bessey