Edited by
Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr.
and
Prof. E. D. Cope.
Associate
Editors
{Prof. C. E. Bessey, Department of Botany.
{Prof. C. V. Riley, Department of Entomology.
{Prof. O. T. Mason, Department of Anthropology.
{Dr. R. H. Ward, Department of Microscopy.
{Ellis H. Yarnall, Esq., Dep. of Geography and Travels.
The American Naturalist.
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Providence, R. I., Oct. 27 1881
My dear Prof. Bessey,
I am certainly very
much obliged to you for editing the botanical
department of the Naturalist for the
past year, and earnestly hope that you
will be able to go on with the work
during the coming year and as long
after as you can. I suppose it takes
valuable time, and only wish we had
the means to pay for editorial work.
I will try to get the botanical journals
you desire. I could have sent you the
Am. Agriculturist if I had thought you would
have wanted it. I have never been able to get
the Linnaean Society or Annales der Sc. Nat. Bot.
to exchange or the Gardener's Monthly. I will try
to obtain the others. You should have them.
[?] many thanks for [?] favors & hoping you
will continue to aid us.
I am Yours, sincerely
A. S. Packard, Jr.
