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[[underline]] Fri., June 16 - [[strikethrough]] Thurs. [[/strikethrough]] Wed. June [[strikethrough]] 22 [[/strikethrough]] 21 [[/underline]]
  These days were much the same, I frantically working to put our collection in numerical order and separate it into sets. Cuatr. & Marc Antonio all the time getting the fresh stuff dried. Two days I had coffee at 6:30, then started working, returning for breakfast, and keeping it up till 5:30-6:30. Then, usually, would meet the Cuatrecasases at the Tarazzo & have a few. Dinner about 8, and then we usually would sit around and talk till 10 or 11. Finished separating the plants the am. of the 20th. Rest of day & part of 20th put in [[Naphthalium?]]. Rest of 20th & part of 21st worked on Duque collections and packed the specimens. Also made a trial packing of my
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baggage, which weighed 23 1/2 Kg.
  The division of the specimens was hard. Cuatr. wanted 2 sets, one for the Servicio Botanico del Valle, one for himeself to take back to Madrid. I owed Dugand one, so split perhaps too finely. Sorry there are 30 numbers divided 1 to us, 2 to C.& C., none to Bogota. Still, everyone got a pretty good lot of specimens.
  Duque came to town and I saw him several times. The eve of the 20th Srs. Rodriguez & [[strikethrough]] [[Sanclamania?]] [[/strikethrough]] Sanclemente called and took me for a walk thru the beautiful residential part nearby. Then we sent Duque and had several at the Alfarez Real. The Governor of El Valle came over to our table. Also met my old friend Sr. Buenaventura, who was Sec'y of Agr. at my visit in 1939.