Winitt^ Matt^ l^epattment of Agriculture 



bureau of ^lant SntJUJftrp 



0Uitt of Cf)ief of l^ureau 



Ma^Sfjington, B* C March 13, 1929 



Miss Nell C. Horner, Librarian 

 ■ 'Missouri Botanical Grarden 



St. Louis, Missouri* 



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Dear Miss Forner: 



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Thank you for your inforraati 

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Plantarum 



Sickness and the absence of one and another member 



of our staff have pre 

 to my inquiries, sone 

 that in tfc*.s case vou 



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having 



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work which appears to be incomplete, because it is the only one reported with 

 any livraison covers to prove the actual way in which the T7ork was issued. It 

 aT)pears that during the interval in which no parts were published, Garnery, the 

 original publisher, must have disposed of his surplus plates to different 



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who got out these varying issues of 138,147, and 159 plates, etc. I do not think 

 we can consider copies incomplete because they do not have the unnumbered plates 

 Altho the latter were certainly issued in sufficient number to constitute, publi- 

 cation for names of species, etc., it appears that there never was such a thing 

 as a final issue, completing the work. You will perhans be interested to know , 



of a note 



Bulletin 



App.l, p. 43-44, which has been brought 



to my notice, and which answers a good many of my queries in regard to the book. 



altho it does 



xplai 



issues. 



Thanking you again for your information, I am 



Very truly yours 



.^-tL^ciZ 



lbliograr)her 



Bureau of Plant Industry 



Burp^u of "^lant Ii-I stry 



