U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



DIVISION OF BOTANY, 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



February 11,1896. 



Mr.Walter Deane , 



Cairibridge ,Mass . 

 My dear Mr. Deane :- 



I have forgotten whether I told you that the 

 plant you sent me from West Virginia was a Thaspium , probably T. 

 trifoliatum. 



Yours very respectfully, 



Assistant Botanist. 



