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Washburn College.

DEPARTMENT
OF
NATURAL HISTORY.

F. W. CRAGIN [ 5 0] Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 10, 1891.
Prof. C. E. Bessey,
Univ. of Neb.,
Dear Sir:-----
My delay in sending you list of the botanical literature which I have for sale has been due to the loss of the list. I had a partial list (which was first draft of part of the list) and to this I have not till Saturday last been able to add what was lacking, as the work connected with preparation for removing from Topeka to Colo. Springs has kept me very busy.
Please therefore excuse the lack of order in the list, which I cannot now find time to copy, and have concluded to send as it is.
The letter M. with figure, at left, indicates price in Marks, at which the books so marked were bought from Friedlanden In some cases, I have marked the price in dollars.
Of the papers not marked, some were bought and memorand. of cost has disappeared; others came as exchanges.
Of those of which I have indicated cost, the cost (not including postage or duty) amounts to $130.50. The cost of a few more purchased pamphlets would bring this up to about $135.00 Add to this $15.00 for postage and duty on English & German & other foreign bks and pamphlets and we have $150.00 as the approximate first cost of these books.
Rostafinsky's Mycetozoa is now at a premium, I believe, and the set of Botanical Gazette is the last set publishers had. It had

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Washburn College.

DEPARTMENT
OF
NATURAL HISTORY.

F. W. CRAGIN [ 5 0] Topeka, Kansas, Aug. 10, 1891.
Prof. C. E. Bessey,
Univ. of Neb.,
Dear Sir:-----
My delay in sending you list of the botanical literature which I have for sale has been due to the loss of the list. I had a partial list (which was first draft of part of the list) and to this I have not till Saturday last been able to add what was lacking, as the work connected with preparation for removing from Topeka to Colo. Springs has kept me very busy.
Please therefore excuse the lack of order in the list, which I cannot now find time to copy, and have concluded to send as it is.
The letter M. with figure, at left, indicates price in Marks, at which the books so marked were bought from Friedlanden In some cases, I have marked the price in dollars.
Of the papers not marked, some were bought and memorand. of cost has disappeared; others came as exchanges.
Of those of which I have indicated cost, the cost (not including postage or duty) amounts to $130.50. The cost of a few more purchased pamphlets would bring this up to about $135.00 Add to this $15.00 for postage and duty on English & German & other foreign bks and pamphlets and we have $150.00 as the approximate first cost of these books.
Rostafinsky's Mycetozoa is now at a premium, I believe, and the set of Botanical Gazette is the last set publishers had. It had