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mdierks at Jul 15, 2020 10:38 AM

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Iowa Agricultural College,
Ames.

Department of Botany,
May 8th 1885.

Dear Professor Bessey.

Many thanks for
your card received this day. There is
no rush at all for the collections
in Mr Arthur's hands. I was only desirous
of locating the specimens and when they
come back will add to the collections,
– arranging if needed. Miss Minnie
Knapp is taking a post graduate
course in Botany and we are looking
into the grasses. We find a fine lot
in the unmounted specimens and am
placing some of the best in the
herbarium.

The Juniors have been studying
the pollen grains of Juniper today
among other things. The grains
proved unusually interesting. It
may be an old thing to you.
In water, the outer coat
separated after a few minutes
after which the grains [?] of [?]

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