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Jarnia ry 39tTi, 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



Caiabr idge , I'lass . 



Dear Deane: — 



I ail in reoeirt of yoar pamphl-it "Notes frTt 

 ray Herbarium., " which I was very sl^^d to get for rrw 

 library. Pleaso accept iiy tharUcs. My library is 

 getting alor^g nlcfely , but just at present I m pav- 

 ing atter.tion to oryptoganilo literature and especi- 

 ally the fung* tn vshio'n.I aia taking gr^^at interest. 

 I was very iitch elated the ot her day to have m.y rl*=«» 

 temtination of a specias of Pleurotus confiraed by 

 Prof, Morgan. The liter acture nn. the subject is so 

 Bcattering it is very difficult to asoertainlsthe 

 species but I am determined to conquer the subject a 

 and thirfc I shall do so in time. I ara going' to t^^ 



