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Payson. Arizona.
March 16, 1924.

Dr. J. N. Rose.
The Smithsonian Institution.
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir.
[[insertion]] 24.[[underlined]] 76 [[/underlined]] ? [[/insertion]]
I am sending you some specimens of the Cotyledon that I discovered on the mountains near me.
If they do not live, I will send others later on. Dr. J. J. Thornber of the U of A at Tucson, writes me that you consider this Cotyledon a new species. 
I am very proud to hear this, for I should be very glad to know that I had found something new. [[insertion]] ] [also name] [[/insertion]]
I first discovered this plant several years ago, but did not send it in for identification at that time. 
It is not abundant and I know of but two places in which it is found - a few miles apart. When in full bloom it is very attractive, such a gay and pretty flower brightening a mountain side of rocks.
I find it growing on a south exposure, and always its roots are underneath the rocks, and at an altitude of 5000 ft. 

Transcription Notes:
The inserted number 24.76 relates to J. N. Rose's collection of cacti notes - a previous project at the Transcription Centre. Insertions appear to be in J. N. Rose's handwriting - @siobhanleachman Bailiuchan--looks like "name" to me in that insertion so corrected.