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them? Do you want roots? How shall I manage tall grass? Shall I send them as soon as gathered or wait till they become dry in pressing?

I mail to you with this five specimens, so that you may see the way I am accustomed to prepare them and tell me in what ways I can improve those I send you. They are gathered from the Sand hills of Chase Co. I have duplicates.

The time of my returning to the west depends on the health of my parents.

During the two years preceeding last March, I taught school two miles from Lincoln.

Respectfully,
Ellen C. Blake.