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209 Seventh St.
Buffalo NY
Sept. 28. 1889

Dr. Chas. E. Bessey

My Dear Sir

While visiting my home in Neligh Neb. this summer I procured two specimens of the Ipomoea leptophylla, one of which I have placed in the Nat Science Museum and the other in the High School, of this city. I have been unable so far, to find any satisfactory description of the plant and write you to get what information I can on the subject believing that you will regard it as a not unpleasant task to answer a few questions about my specimens and refer me