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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 



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DOCTOR, 



THANKS FOR YOUR LETTEROF 2 f D, POSTAL, AND SEEDS. THE LATTER 

 ARE IN THE GROUND, AND EXCEEDINGLY APPRECIATED. 



i REALLY WAS NOT CONSCIOUS, WHEN I WROTE MY LAST LETTER, TH>ff IT WAS 

 THE FIRST SINCE YOU LEFT US - WE TALKED ABOUT YOU SO OFTEN THAT IT SEEM- 

 ED IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH YOU. 



1 MAY SAY, NOW, THAT THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF THE YEAR IS PRACTICALLY J* 

 OVER , THAT I HAVE NOT HAD SO COMFORTABLE A WINTER FOR SOME TIME. A SPELL 

 OF GIDDINESS, ALMOST EPIDEMIC AT THE TIME, IS AjlL I HAVE FELT OF THE 

 CtlMlGV. OF SEASONS. ~MY EYES, Too, *KE DECIDEDLY SfRONGKt * UDITE AS 

 ST RONG AS MY HEAD, THE LATTER OFTEN GIVING OUT BEFORE THE FORMER. I , AM 

 STILL IN A GREAT MEASURE PRECLUDED FROM GENERAL READING, HOWEVER. AS I 

 AM GOING TO OREGON AGAIN IN SUMMER , I SUPPOSE I WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO 

 LAY IN A FBESW SPJCK OF RESISTENCE. 



1 HOPE YOU^GIVE YOURSELF ANOTHER SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY, AND i\OT LET THE 

 PAT LENTS GET HOLD OF YOU AGAIN. NOW THAT THE SOUTHERN ROUTE IS OPEN, 

 DON'T YOU FEEL AS THOUGH IT WAS TIME FOR YOU TO THINK OF GOING OUT ON 

 A JAUNT, IN TIME TO SEE THE COUNTRY AT ITS BE ST ? - IN A FEW WEEKS IS THE 

 TIME TO SEE GiLIAS BY THE TOWNSHIP, AS StYOU PASS OVER THE PLAINS YOU SAW 

 SO ARID LAST SUMMER. 



ABOUT THE VITIS : I DON'T PLEAD GULITY - HAVE NO NOTION OF THROWING 

 RIPARIA AND CORDI FOLIA TOGETHER, EXCEPT AS RESI STENT STOCKS, LIABLE TO 

 ' •PHYLLICOLA 11 '(HORRIBLE HYBRID!). DON'T THINK I CAN FIND ANY PASSAGE IN 

 MY PAMPHLET THAT JUSTIFIES YOUR ACCUSATION [ 



PARTICULAR THANKS FOR THE MILLAR LET \ AMFHLE1 ~ CAN I KEEP IT? - IT IS 

 JUST TO TRE POINT AT THIS TIME, AND I THINK WILL BE REPUBLISHED HERE IN 

 ITS ESSENTIAL POINT'S, BY THE VIT. COMMISSION , THE REPORT WAS SENT YOU , I 

 PRESUME, BY MR. WET MORE OR DR. BLEASDALE . THE COMMISSION IS CONTINUED 

 FOR TWO YEARS WITH ENLARGED POWERS OVER BUGS OF ALL KIND'S. IT WILL IM- 

 PROVE AS IT GROWS OLDER - AlL THINGS MUST H AVE A BEGINNING! — SO FAR 

 THERE HAS BEEN NO APF f N FOR THE CONTINUATION OF MY SPECIAL WORK - BUT IT 

 MAY BE DONE AT THE SPECIAL SESSION, YET. 



KIND GREETINGS AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON \ 



