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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF BOTANY, 
Washington, d. c. May 11th, 1896. 
Mr. J. Franklin Collins, 
126 East Avenue, providence, R. I. 
Dear Sir: 
I beg you to accept my sincere thanks for the excellent 
specimen of Jasione montana recently received from you. Mrs. Brit¬ 
ton has told me that you are much interested in mosses and I 
shall take pleasure in sending you some of our duplicates when 
they are available for distribution.- 
Very sincerely yours. 
Botani st 
