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Pay the recipient of Prof. [Sorgent]? and [Wln]? C. W. Letterman I misstook the forestry of Arkansas this season. and have been at work before it since last spring. I spent most of my vacation [?] South Ark. and was deeply [?]. I added this season about 200 species to my collection of Ark. [?]. Made myself familiar with many new species that [grow]? in the gulf and southern states.

I have collected 10,000 [duffieotes]? this season, and am now putting up 50 sets of 100 species [?] exchange for a collection of minerals.

This state is rich in plants. For a [?], we have 35 species of ferns. While you have only a few species in Iowa.

The Orders [Comfrontae]?, [Gomineae]? Lobiatae [Serophuloriaeeae]? [Avaceae]? [?] are represented by many species. We are so [?] as to hone in The State The Province [Flora]? in the S. W. Gulf [Flora]? in the S. Texas