Charles Bessey, Letters, 1885-1887

150 Warren Ave Boston Mass. Jan. 28/86.

My Dear Bessey—

I am much obliged to you for the notes and release on the Silphium. I have a quantity of alcoholic material of the [?] of the college and hope to work out the matter next term. It would give me great pleasure to prepare a paper on the [?] for the Naturalist when the work is done. Please accept my thanks for the Bot. Notes for Jan Nat inclosed in your letter.

I am working on continuity of protoplasm and kindred topics with Dr. Goodale and on Fungi with Dr. Farlow.

With kind regards to your family Yours very truly Byron D Halsted

Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. Department of Botany.

March [1?] 1886.

My dear Dr. Bessey,

I have not had a moment of time or a place to answer your kind note of 13th Feb. until now and now I am in the little back "study" with no fire and the [?] season for mid winter. So soon as I get thawed out I will try the continuity of protoplasm. At present it has not continuity in my chilled brain! I will look after the symbiosis matter later. Much obliged for the suggestion.

Yours in haste but sincerely Byron D. Halsted

Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. Department of Botany.

July 1 AM, 1886

My dear Besssey:

Your letter is so full of mountain [?], [?] plants and lovely cryptogams that I must go.

I thank you very much for your kind invitation to join you at Lincoln but owing to the [?] matters [?] [?] here I cannot start before the 6th and will see you all at the St James in Denver on the morning of July 9th.

I have a student's 1 1/3 fare return ticket to Council Bluffs. From Omaha I will get an excursion to Denver. If I can do any better way let me know please.

Business. I am working up the programme of the Soc. for P[?]. of

Ag. Science. Can you give a paper or two and send [?]?

Mrs Halsted sends her kind regards and says she has lsot the address of Miss [Athern?].

Expecting to see you and yours on the 9th I am Yours very tly Byron D. Halsted

Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa. Department of Botany.

Aug 9th 1886.

My Dear Dr. Bessey—

Your kind favor is received. I am glad to learn of your results. Another S[?]! Good for you. I was never quite content to have that Cherry P emarginata.

I should like very much to send specimens to Farlow with you. When, about, will you send and, had I better select out mine and mail it to you? The [better?/letter?] Doctor has been getting some R[?] results as well as myself. He will present the matter at the A. A. A. S. and [resumes?] his [Exoasci?] for the S. P. A. S.

If you go to Buffalo and I cannot would it be too much to ask you to do what work then may be in connection with