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Iowa Agricultural College,
Ames.

Department of Botany.
Sept 15th 1885.

My dear Bessey:

Please accept my
many thanks for your very informatory
letter. I have written [Castor & Harry?]
for samples.

Yesterday in looking over
some packages stored over the
museum cases I found a package
marked with your name and "Private
property." It was not fully
wrapped up and the contents seemed
to be largely examination papers
in geometry. I have given it a
secure place There were also
some drawings of yours illustrating
inflorescence in the same place
which are saved. A hoste of
old seed catalog[u]es and other
pamphlets I have left undisturbed
They may be of value to you their
owner.

Yours very truly
Byron D. Halsted

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