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SOUTH DAKOTA
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND EXPERIMENT STATION.
DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY, HORTICULTURE AND BOTANY.

CHAS. A. KEFFER, PROFESSOR IN CHARGE.
TOM A. WILLIAMS, INSTRUCTOR IN BOTANY.

Brookings, S. D., ________________1891.
the aquatic plants common to Nebr. and quite a number of new ones.
For a socalled dry state Dak. is remarkably rich in aquatic forms. Have found two [charas] and oedogonium tc. in abundance.
[Bruni] surprise was complete as well as pleasant.
My next term's work will be more pleasant than the last I think.
Have been promised a raise in salary next year but just now the board is talking economy again so don't know whether it will materialize or not.
Well I wish you a good summer's rest. Give my regards to Mrs. Bessey and the other U. of N. people.
Very Resp'ly
Thos.A.Williams