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Koval Botanic Gardens, Kow. 
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I iiave to acknowledge receipt oi your letter ct 
April : 7, 191 and c i i o int« m - ■ '< H r ■ 0 ■ 4 
your collections ol *Products of the umpire . 
„ith regard to your request for specimens on loen I 
retrot that it ip not pcrrioit for me to help you as "0 co 
not nend out our .' useurn RpoClMQB on Ioj- l> 
Until the absorption of the London School board 
arrange! lent subs is ted under which duplicate ^ubouia 
specimens were rent to the Hoad Office to be din..ributed 
thence to that schools irfeieh mU-\ t '< - - ]i ‘ :? ' ]oil t9V imm ' 
I do riot know whether in taking °vor other iunctions 
of th( School Board the hduoatien ' 01 * * C * 
has taker over the attribution of such duplicate specimen*. 
Possibly an application made by you to the education 
Officer would elicit the necessary information anu if the 
reply ee in the affirmative might lead to a request irom 
the Education Officer for a further nunoly of duplicates 
from Ww » useuiiis of tho iioyal botanic hardens, lev, on 
behalf of the schools of London. 
I may add, however, for your- present information that 
our stock of duplicate material is voiy small at ores 
and in any case it would be i*>oesiOlo to afford you any 
*w*i.t*noe for your uxhiniUon ye«r. 
i an, dir, 
Your obedient servant, 
(Signed) L>. Prain. 
Lirector. 
t# School, 
' ,«i. Peqknan. 
