Northampton,  Mass. 
April  20,  1908 • 
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My  dear  Mr.  Deane :- 
May  T  ask  your  ever  ready  aid  in  another  matter?  T  have  been  doing 
some  work  which  involves  consideration  of  the  plants  mentioned  by  the  early  voy¬ 
agers  to  the  east  coast  of  North  America.  Now  there  is  on  Champlain's  map  of 
1612  a  plate  or  two  containing  a  number  of  pictures  of  plants.  These  T  have  able 
only  partly  to  identify.  A  few  of  them  are  plain  or  are  explained  by  the  text 
but  several  of  themy  ncluding  the  list  which  I  write  below,  seem  not  to  be  mentioned 
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in  his  tradings .  I  would  like  very  much  to  have  your  opinion  about  them.  I 
have  no  copy  of  the  plates  to  send  you  but  perhaps  if  yon  have  time  some  day  before 
long,  you  could  drop  into  the  college  library  and  ask  to  see  Champlain's  voyages 
of  1613,  preferably  the  original  containing  the  map, but  nearly  as  good  is  the 
Quebec  edition  of  18^0  having  the  map  copied  although  not  very  exactly.  I  would 
not  ask  you  to  take  the  trouble  except  that  I  know  that  you  can  give  an  opinion 
better  than  anybody  else^  and  besides  it  corses  right  in  your  line  of  investigat  j  on, 
I  will  be  much  obliged  for  any  opinion  about  the  matter. 
We  are  looking  forward  here  to  the  appearance  ef  the  New  Manuel  as  of 
course  you  are.  We  are  holding  things  in  suspenso  until  its  appearance. 
With  best  regards, 
Very  sincerely  yours, 
