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botanical 
EDITORS : 
JOHN M. COULTER, 
WABASH COLLEGE, CRAWFORDSVfLLE, INO. 
CHARLES R. BARNES, 
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI8. 
J. C. ARTHUR, 
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, LAFAYETTE, IND. 
November 29.1890. 
My dear Br.Vfetson: — 
I. send you -under separate cover the MBS. of the Ranuncula- 
ceae of F.F.&: G. Botany. I have had the original draft done since Nov. 
10, but I have had absolutely no time to copy it, having been away from 
home all of the first week and part of the second after finishing it. 
I was afraid that you could not read parts of the first draft, so that 
I felt obliged to put it into proper shape. I think however that you 
will \vant to. know just what chang'es have been made without the trouble 
of comparing it point by point. I therefore enclose the slips so that 
this can be readily discovered. When any of the scratching is illeg- 
ible the type-writen copy will clear the matter up. As all of the 
last genera v/ere comparatively clean I have only copied as far as 
Coptis. Please let me know whether the plan on which I have been 
working is acceptable or not. 
I find myself in considerable doubt on the matter of including or 
excluding certain species of v/ild plants. Shall all of the Manual 
plants be included except those which are marked "rare" ? For example: 
Ought I to include such species as Ranunculus parviflorus and Purshii? 
Clematis reticulata and Catesbyana ? Ought exclude such as Clem- 
atis Baldwinii ? None of these appear, so you will see what I think 
about it. 
