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EZRA BRAINERD 



SPRINGSIDE 

 MIDDLEBURY.VT.pgD_ 7, 1919. 



ily dear Mr. Deane:- 



Your letter of Feb. 5th, arrives this morning. The plant that you 

 sent up for my further study, the one with my erroneous (ft ) label "V.blanda", 

 was returned by parcels post in the same mail with my letter of Jan. 27.. I re- 

 member exactly how the package looked after I had carefully tied it up. I do 

 hope it was. n't lost in the mall. Perhaps in your illness it was not noticed, 

 and ma-/ be somewhere in your house. 



I return for your further inspection the tabular statement I made of 

 "Violets collected by Walter Deane in Coos Co.N. E July 2ft - Sept. Z% 1919. " 

 Please note:- I. In the list of tne 8 forms found, the last two (V. blanda x in- 

 cognita ana V. reni folia var. Brainerdii) are distinct. I did not consider them 

 "either one or the other," but that you had found both . 



II. The table may be read in two ways: QJ The sum of tne vertical colu mns 

 [marked A, 0, Q Sc and given in the bottom line — h t 9, Z % ika) denotes the number 

 of plants in the several sets. The aggregate of these number? in the right-hand 



lower corner is 88 the grand TOTAL. U) The sum of the horizontal rows, given 

 column 



in the verticaLon the right denotes "the number of plants in the several spe~ 

 cies A »' , which added gives again 88 the grand TOTAL. 



You have my sincere sympathy in your painful illness from rheumatism. I 

 trust as r,ne warmer weather comes on you w411 oe on the gain, and that next 

 summer will see you with the Vermont bor.anisis at Lake Averlll in Essex Co. 

 adjacent to Coos Co. S. a I am thankful to oe aole to say that I have passed 

 through this severe winter without any serious ailment. The weather here is 

 quite mild today — almost thawing. 



With kind regards both to yourself and to Miss Brown, 



Yours faithfully, 



