My Aaar Uf Deane 



It i 'pr very Kind in yon to sand rie the package 



of violets that cane safely this morning . Judge nhunrhlll' 



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hlan- 



da from Corry, Pa., Ifi 



*iay/4. 1898, I suspect is rather V amoena , Le'ionte. 



l is \ eanina var, Muhlenbergii from same town. May 5, hasround ob- 

 tuse leaves and certainly approaches var. nultieaulis, though the 

 -range given for this vttp, does not extend so far north. 



The plant that interests me most is + he one from Jaffrey N. J!., 



cross between V. cucullata and v f imhriatulaanu is in .iust the 

 summer stage that I like to have specimens of Viola. Dr. R Ob in soil 

 collected what seams the sane thing in 1897. Please tell me more a- 

 bout it: — .jo you know if the above supposed parents grow near 



your ant ; were there many plant sjl ike 4t" there: in what soil a d 

 moisture did it grow? 



I am now engaged in working up an article showing the fre- 

 quent hybridization of species in this group. I have now some ten 

 marked instances of this. If this fact is wellestablished, it will 

 go far to clear up the perplexities of the violet problem, 

 with kind regards, 



Julv 8&, 1898, named V. palmata, *«3*, cucullata. 



it is plainly a 



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