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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF BOTANY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
April 19 th, 1897. 
Mr. J. Frank1in Collins, 
126 East Avenue, Providence, R. I. 
Dear Sir: 
Allow me to acknowledge with sincere thanks the receipt 
of your card of April 4th and also of the bundle of plants you 
sent with it. These will be mounted and placed on the herbarium 
shelves at once. 
Thanking you again for this contribution, I am. 
Very s incerely yours 
fj v j / 
(J K 
Botanist 
