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Greencastle, Ind. 21 Dec. 1891
Dear Dr. Bessey,
Many thanks for your good photo, which was duly received. I was sorry not to see you at Washington this summer. I had not attended since the Buffalo meeting. I have been something of a rambler since I saw you having been in all the states but 8. Last Winter I was in Florida and Cuba and I am literally buried in Specimens of cryptogams. Sometimes I think I will never emerge but try to keep my head above them.
Yours sincerely L. M. Underwood.
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36 Newbury St., Somerville, Mass., Oct. 7, 1891.
Professor Bessey, Dear Sir: -
By this mail I have the pleasure of sending you a copy of my recent paper on "Geographical [?] of Species of Plants in the Basin of the Red. River of the North." I shall be greatly obliged if you find time for any notice of it in the American Nationalist. If not, please give me address of any one who will probably do so, and I will send a copy of the paper. Very truly yours, Warren Upham .
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Pomology, Washington, D. C.
September 19, 1891.
Prof. Charles E. Bessey,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of recent date, and your paper is now in the hands of the Secretary of the A. P. S. He regrets as well as I that you cannot be here. Thank ing you for your kindness in sending paper, I am.
Very truly,
H. E. VanDeman (signature)
Pomologist.
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United States Department of Agriculture,
Botanical Division,
Washington, D. C. May 20, 1891.
Prof. C. E. Bessey,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
My dear Sir:
Your letter of the fourteenth inst. is at hand and is perfectly satisfactory. Prof. Willetts is absent for this week but will return early next week and then Mr. Rydberg's commission will be issued to begin the twelvth of June. We will send him some vouchers on which he will make out his charge (or he will per haps prepare that) and he will send them in once a month, or in his case as only part of a month will occur in June, he can wait un til the first of July and then send in the vouchers to cover boht months. He can do as is most convenient to him. He must inform us where his check is to be sent. He will have to advance his own funds until he gets return for his vouchers. The route you in dicate appears to be a good one and I hope will furnish many good things.
Respectfully, Geo. Vasey (signature) Botanist.
In sending specimens of plants for investigation it is desirable to include the entire plant. If it is too large, portions showing leaves, flowers, and fruit are sufficient. It is best to prepare the specimens by drying them under pressure between folds of absorbent paper, otherwise the parts may shrink and break so as to be hardly recognizable. When dried plants are sent they should be protected from breakage in the mail by being inclosed in sheets of paper between pieces of stiff pasteboard. If specimens are to be sent fresh, moisten them slightly and pack them tightly in a box or in a bundle, wrapping them in heavy paper. Write the name of the sender on the outside. In the letter accompanying the specimen [ ] state where each plants was collected, the date, the name of the collector, and add any other[ [ ] in regard to the [ ] value of the plant.