Santiago, th« 23 d October 1906. 
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•By the effect of the terrible catastrophe'that suftfert 
the central region of this Republic the 16 August, ray char¬ 
ge' 3 office had very great damages’as much more lamonfce.bles 
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as they mean the loss of the seeds collections wepot after 
many years of a constant labour. 
Those seeds wa. had put into flasks were lost almost ai 
Hespeeiong to tile lumbers, all-in .confusion, and with t £:0 
iO,ss oi • numerical catalogues it will be hard to recc&nine- 
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their dsriva oxen aria chore fere y/q will lose surely a groat 
part of them* 
nefes for you 
thanking_you prematurely fhe aid you may give in this.j>~ 
ceassion so hardly for me, 
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I have the honour to be, with groat respect, 
, + Your obedient servant,- 
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In this case 1 have’thought that it is opportune to ad- 
aress iqysexf to cheaper* so ns .ns you can aid me. tc residue the 
loss, ashing, for ybli' wish to send ae. samples of the natives 
and stranges essences cultivated in that countrv. 
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I have the honour to offer you all class cf Chilian seeds 
and woods that you don't have in your collections:; "only I 
^2 y° u send me the height and section you wish- 
For to make uniform our collection* please, sir, if it 
it. possible* to sena me samples of 0*20 cim in height by a 
variable section- according to the conditions' of them, pcin- . 
t:ing ne out at same time * the quality of the earth where it 
was grown , the altitude .over the level cjK the sea, and if 
it cufferf Irrigations or if it was grown in a dry land* 
! await you will receive opportunely all the publications 
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made by this sec lien and x wish its may be of a some- 
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