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Ibarvarb TUniveraiti^ 



B. L. ROBINSON, Curator 



CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. 



Eov. 13, 1915. 



Mr, V/alter Deane, 



29 Brewster Street, 



Cambridge, Lass, 



Dear Llr. iJeane: 



Mrs. Thayer's plant is a very puzzling one. It is clearly 



of tlie genus Ociraum, and is a sort of sweet Basil. The members of this 

 genus, long culti\'ated as pot plants on account of their attractive 

 odor, have been considerably modified in cultivation, and the limits 

 of the different species and varieties are excessively vagu.e and dif- 

 ficult. I think there is little doubt hoVi-ever tliat this particular 

 plant would fall into the Linnean species Ocimum m.imimum. I think 

 you may safely report the i^lant under this name to Mrs. Thayer. At all 

 events, it is the closest api^rozimat ion which we can make at present. 



Sincerely yours, 



Dictated to IMB 



