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make any difference. The smaller species, with dark, somewhat hairy leaves and darker 

 flowers always grow up to 1 1/2 1 , thelarge, sraooth one to V or more. The smaller ones 

 already died 11/2 raonths ago and are now beginning to sprout again, while the larger 

 species next to them is still in flower. 



I have to ask you two favors, that is I had been wishing to obtain for quite a while 

 Asa Gray's textbook for Eugen and rayseif; Eugen knows the local plants alraost as well 

 atxxuayxKij^xgHgÄH as I, as well as to their shapes and names and I wish that he gets 

 a broader outlook on the pikant kingdom. Therefore, if you yourself should not need Gray, 

 I should appreciate it if you would send it over sorae time when it is convenient.- I 

 believe the only possibility is Jacob who goes to St. Louis to the market sometimes. 

 Furthermore, we are in need of pins, especially fine ones. For large insects one can 

 us the c rüder pins, but there are so raany small gus and jumping graass hoppers for which 

 the ordinary pins are too large. 



N.B. Of many plants contained in the package I know the genus, but not the species. - 

 Solidago Ja seems to be damaged by insects. 3yhas undamaged flowers. 18) I already have 

 in my collection. 37 is a specimen damaged by cattle. It has large oval leaves, dentate 

 as in Endive salad; but the leaves are flat and stiff, not curly. 



Yours sincerely, 

 Th. C. Hilgard 



N.B. I had intended to send this letter by mail, but decided to ask Siegmann to take 

 it with thim (Braun?s whiskey transport.) 



