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Cambridge.
Aug. 31, 1887.

Dear Prof. Bessey,

I hoped to see
you at the Ass. Meeting
but unfortunatey most
of the botanists from
the West were unable
to be present.

I have been head
over heels in work this
summer and the weather,
moreover, was too hot
to allow one to do much.
I have had no vacation