Gattinger, Dr. August 

 1879, December llth 

 Nashville 



TRANSLATION 



Nashville, December llth, l8?9 



Dear Doctor, 



Since I am just in the process of distributing my plants collected this 

 year, I take the Ii berty of sending you too a small package, but have to mention 

 that I cannot off er much of interest. 



I can only send what I collect of the local flora since my circumstances to 

 not permit me to neglect my physicians office for any length of time. Discouraged 

 by the loss of a small collection which I made while I was in East Tennessee in 

 18^9-6^, I have tried to give up botany entirely after my move to Nashville in 

 l86*s but could not do it. Since the Association meeting of the S. A. S. I 

 started again and have again a small collection of about 3000 specimens, Unfor- 

 tunately, I did not get more for the botanical science than what I collected here. 

 Unfortunately I spent 30 years among the half civilized Tennessee people and have 

 not yet seen one living Tennessee botanist. I intend to make eventually a sketch 

 of the Tennessee flora and wish to have my collection as correct as possible. 

 Since I don't have any other tools than Gray's and Chapman's floras and Gray's 

 last volume on Lobelia-Plantago and also D. C. Prodromus in the State Library, I 

 sometimes reach the point where I don't know what I have. 



You will find the local Solidagos in the fascicle. ... 



If you should find time to answer my questions, you would not only relieve 

 me of my doubts, but I should also be happy to hear from you personally. 



With special respect, 

 Your obedient 



August Gat tinger, M. D. 



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