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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF BOTANY, 
Washington, D. C. 
October 29th, 1898 
Mr. J. Franklin Collins 
125 East Avenue, Providence, R.I 
Dear Sir: 
Your postal card of September 28th, to the Division of Forestry 
has been referred to this office. We shall be very glad indeed to re¬ 
ceive a set of your oaks and will give you what assistance we can in 
identifying doubtful specimens. None of our people, however, have paid 
especial attention to the oaks and we can not give you as much assistance 
in this direction as could some one who had been making a special study 
of them. 
Very sincerely yours 
Botanist 
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