520

Pawnee City, Nebr
May [?], 1887

Prof. C. E. Bessey,
Lincoln.

Sir: Your favor of the 5th rec'd,
and its answer deferred in the
hope of finding a full line
of speciemns. But is is a
little late for the violet here,
and I have been unable to
find the number I desire.
Will send others if I can
find them. We have in the
yellow violet, only one variety,
and that is rare: have seen
only one blossom this year.
In violets with flowers cyanic,
we have at least five [sic.]
varieties, reducible (according to