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précise location of the samples, the date of their cutting and some indication as to their rarity or frequency, will 

 be of great value to me. 



There is my request. I pray for your kindness, and offer you, dear Sir, my most sincère thanks and most 

 distinguished respects. 



J. Gay 



Paris, May 6 1853 

 Rue de Vangirard 36 



Asa Gray has sent me a Fragaria from Oregon. I don't want to comment on it as yet. I need to see it alive like ail 

 the rest. 



Do you know which are the species that corne from the Rocky Mountains, or from the mountains of New 

 Mexico or from those of California? I hope you could pose this question to your correspondents or friendly 

 travelers who might furnish me with interesting answers. 



Translation Manfred Thurmann 



