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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



ECONOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



Washington, D . C . , May 23, 1914. 



Mr. Waltsr Deane, 



29 Brewster St. , 



Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

 Dear Sir:-- 



Your favor of May 20 with enclosure received. 

 Some of your desiderata I think we can now supply hut not 

 all from the Manual range. I think you might find it worth 

 while to make an exchange with Dr. lunell , Leeds, North 

 Dakota. He makes good specimens and has many interesting 

 things. Some years ago, I received some lovely little 

 Phloxes and Antennarias from him. 



Dr. Rose and his wife. It is pitiful that such a promising 

 young life should he cut off. 



When you are in Hew Hampshire , I wonder if you would 

 take the trouble to collect 30 sheets of Panicum xanthophysum 



way. You may have seen the first two centuries sent to the 



Gray Herbarium a few months ago. These northern species we 



did not have. I think we can repay you in exchange. 



Professor Hitchcock leaves early in June for the 

 northwest . . 



We all sympathizer deeply with the great loss of 



for our distribution of American grasses and also P. boreal^ 

 P. subvillosum and P. implication, if they come in your 



Yours respectfully, 



