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October 25, 1915,

Miss Ella M. McMurtrie,
1104 Spruce street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dear Madam:

Through your note of the 21st instant we learn
of the possibility that you may find opportunity to
visit this Department at some time when in Washington.
I trust that you may be able to do this, as I am sure
you will find many matters of interest here, both
with reference to fruit culture and other phases of
agriculture. If you should find it convenient to advise 
me either by letter or telephone of the time of
your prospective visit we shall be very glad to arrange 
to have someone show you such features of the
work of the Bureau of Plant Industry as may be of
interest to you. Should it not be convenient to advise 
us in advance, we shall in that case do our best
to afford opportunity to inspect the work.

In this connection I am enclosing herewith a
copy of an article from The Country Gentleman of April
2, 1857, which gave us our first clew regarding the
existence of the colored plates which you have so
kindly placed with the Department. I take it that
the initials of the writer, "E. L. R., Baltimore, Md.,"
indicate that its author was the late Edmond Law
Rogers of that city, who was a life member of the
American Pomological Society, evidently much interested 
in the work of your great-grandfather, William
Coxe, which is one of the leading classics of American
pomology.

Yours very truly,

(Signed) Wm. A. Taylor,
Chief of Bureau.

Enclosure.
        