UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
January 2, 1936 
DIVISION OF 
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FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS AND DISEASES 
Proprietor, ♦ * 
Lake Nursery Co., 
Leesburg, Fla. 
Dear Sir: 
Continuing an arrangement of many years standing this Divi¬ 
sion is cooperating with the Department Library in the upbuilding of 
the Department’s collection of the catalogs and other trade lists issued 
by nurserymen and seedsmen. This collection, possibly the largest of 
its kind in existence, now numbers more tha% 55,000 and forms a perma¬ 
nent part of the Department Library. As a student’s and research 
worker's collection it is invaluable in investigations concerning the 
history, nomenclature, characteristics, and distribution of varieties. 
As a buyer's collection it is in constant use in ansv/ering inquiries 
as to sources from which plant material may be obtained and as to 
varieties being introduced to the trade. The collection as a whole 
is open to the public for reference use, and the information in it is 
made readily available by means of indexes. 
In order that this collection may be kept up to date and as com¬ 
plete as possible we are desirous of obtaining all available catalogs 
and lists of fruits, vegetables and ornamentals. To this end will you 
kindly send us your catalogs and price lists of the current. year? We 
shall also greatly appreciate the favor if you will place the address 
"Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant 
Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C." upon your 
permanent mailing list to receive your annual catalog and other publi¬ 
cations as issued. 
We enclose a gummed addressed label for your convenience in send¬ 
ing your publications. 
Very truly yours 
J 
E. C. Auchter, 
Principal Horticulturist in Charge 
and 
Assistant Chief of Bureau. 
