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Original in the Nebraska State Historical Society, Robert Furnas Collection

CHARLES E. BESSEY, PH.D.

OFFICE OF
THE STATE BOTANIST
TO THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

Lincoln, Neb. Dec 3, 1888.

Hon. R. W. Furnas
My Dear Sir,

Yes I shall make a short report upon the Grasses and Forage Plants. You may announce it simply as the "Report of the Botanist" Am glad that you will have Professor Hicks and Mr. Bruner on the next Programme. You have written to Professor Nicholson, too, I understand, and he or Mrs. Lloyd will give you something, I think.

If you get a paper on some Chemical problem like that of the