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Sep 10, 2020Phil Sep 10, 2020Phil Sep 10, 2020Phil Sep 10, 2020Phil Sep 10, 2020Phil May 01, 2020Haley Herman Oct 27, 2017Archives & Special Collections Sep 11, 2018Archives & Special Collections	480 United States Department of Agriculture, Botanical Division, Washington, D. C. May 20, 1891. Prof. C. E. Bessey, Lincoln, Nebraska. My dear Sir: Your letter of the fourteenth inst. is at hand and is perfectly satisfactory. Prof. Willetts is absent for this week but will return early next week and then Mr. Rydberg's commission will be issued to begin the twelvth of June. We will send him some vouchers on which he will make out his charge (or he will per- haps prepare that) and he will send them in once a month, or in his case as only part of a month will occur in June, he can wait un- til the first of July and then send in the vouchers to cover boht months. He can do as is most convenient to him. He must inform us where his check is to be sent. He will have to advance his own funds until he gets return for his vouchers. The route you in- dicate appears to be a good one and I hope will furnish many good things. Respectfully, signature Botanist. In sending specimens of plants for investigation it is desirable to include the entire plant. If it is too large portions showing leaves, flowers, and fruit are sufficient. It is best to prepare the specimens by drying them under pressure between folds of absorbent paper, otherwise the parts may shrink and break so as to be hardly recognizable. When dried plants they should be protected from breakage in the mail by being inclosed in sheets of paper between pieces of pasteboard. If specimens are to be sent fresh,	480 United States Department of Agriculture, Botanical Division, Washington, D. C. May 20, 1891. Prof. C. E. Bessey, Lincoln, Nebraska. My dear Sir: Your letter of the fourteenth inst. is at hand and is perfectly satisfactory. Prof. Willetts is absent for this week but will return early next week and then Mr. Rydberg's commission will be issued to begin the twelvth of June. We will send him some vouchers on which he will make out his charge (or he will per- haps prepare that) and he will send them in once a month, or in his case as only part of a month will occur in June, he can wait un- til the first of July and then send in the vouchers to cover boht months. He can do as is most convenient to him. He must inform us where his check is to be sent. He will have to advance his own funds until he gets return for his vouchers. The route you in- dicate appears to be a good one and I hope will furnish many good things. Respectfully, signature Botanist.

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