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Payson, Arizona. August 3, 1926. Dr. J. N. Rose, Washington D.C. My Dear Dr. Rose, Your letter of June 16 [[superscript]] [[underlined]] th [[/superscript]] [[/underlined]] was received and found me with some visitors in camp. I was so busy & had no opportunity to go up on the mountains to examine the Cotyledons. I had some growing in camp, but I wanted to see the Cotyledons "in place", (as a mining man would say.) and see if being transplanted made any difference. Several years ago I noticed on plants that I had brought to camp the white powder you mentioned. I carefully examined a number of plants on the mountain, the [[underlined]] exact [[/underlined]] spot from which I sent the last ones to you, and I found without exception that every plant had the powder on it. It may be that it is a protection, or rather something to help the plant through the excessively hot & dry season which follows its blooming. (Just a fancy of mine.) The Cotyledons bloom from late April to early
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Just reedited to remove one "e". Should be good to complete. - @siobhanleachman