I venture to lay before you ttio enclosed prospectus, 
'Vhicii w i 11 explain tiia schema on which I am engaged. 
My applications to different leading firms have been met with the 
utmost generosity, and my Museum now boasts a most valuable and 
interesting series of exhibits, which 1 am confident will prove of great' 
•educational value to the surrounding district. 
1 am therefore led to ask if you can contribute Botanic specimens 
Assuring you that every care will be taken of, and that 1 shafci be 
fateful for, any simples you may think fit to send me. 
I 
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i remain, 
fours 
