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After writing to you or the 19th, I held the let ter until I could 
complete r-'u j pp of several of th« specir -rt repres -nted by material 
in alcohol, ar the : *f>nti ’ o’T letter of t -ie 14 th September came 
in. i raj; sorry * >iat tie check for the ~pt n '■ er payment -.a: not been 
receive- . "h- Iasi choc • • r hold up r fe dey* in order to have it 
a draft c r ew ' brl, the bursar sort it o by - yu 'J r mail. I 
ati afraid J t thi e ssir-r t j nr 5 ?; hove h-rr red i th It- Sept, check* 
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I will call at the burrar 'f * ffice ••• hen I go to Carbrid* on fond ay 
and ascertain v-hat has hep -'ened. n here ir no :r easor in t ■ world why you 
should at any time be short of funds. Indeed, we will send larger amounts 
way ahead of tii e if the .1 story of t ie Inst payments is Treated. 
ith regard to at ace turns: Thri od material is almost useless, 
although quite necesarr to complete sreci.ro.BS. I am wondering if it would 
not be weli to allow the floners to soften in boiling x a ; er before putting 
them in pros-, and to use very little ressure. The specimens sent have 
been carefully drawn from the alcohol material, and t ie drawings placed 
with the dried specimens, ut the dried flowers are simpl broken frag¬ 
ments. Toil is not a criticism, because the same thing happens with other 
collectors, although now and again we come across specimens that are not 
broken, btulfing the lips with a little cotton is sometimes tried, but 
even then breakage takes place alter the specimens are mounted and inserted 
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in the leroarium. CATASETUM ie an evil genus. In some species the male 
and female flowers are so different from one another that the unsuspecting 
