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Elsinore, Calif. Dec 6 '91

Prof. C. E. Bessey
My Dear Professor:
I have just finished preparing a [bo ] for the express office containing some terrestrial and aquatic plants.
For the sea-weeds Mrs. M Clatchie and myself (about a month before we were married) made two 15 mile trips in August two rocky points southwest from Los Angeles, and gathered them from the rocks during low tide. Although we had spent some time at other points along the coast, we found nearly