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Department of
Horticulture and Landscape
Gardening,

Agricultural College, Mich., Nov. 6 1885

My Dear Dr. Bessey:

Thanks for your pleasant note of the
2nd [inst?]. I am glad to know that you endorse the
scientific aspect of the book I outlined to you.
That was what I especially desired. I have
been aware all along of the possibility of
something of a conflict between such a
work and the Manual. However, I do not
think that they would conflict. It has
been my purpose all along to lay my plans
before Dr. Gray before going on with them.

But I could not propose such a book
in a day or a year, and I should never put
it before the public so long as it would
interfere with Dr. Gray. If I go at it, it
shall be with no present thought of a publisher.
It ought to have a sale nearly as large as the
Manual, although I should do the work pro
bono publico. If I undersand the plan
of the fourth volume of Gray's Series, this
would not interfere with it in the least.

Thanks for your report.

We start for Cambridge in two weeks.

Yours &c
L. H. Bailey, Jr.

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