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[[in pencil]] Nov 5 4pm [[/pencil]]

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kind and polite. I understood enough Portuguese to know Dr. C-P. was telling him of my giving a set of my Bras. grasses to Jard. Bot (which is under ministry Agric). Wasn't it a wise thing for us to do! When Sua Ex (Castro his name is) asked me if I wanted anything of him I felt very happy inside to say "Nada, senhor, meo departemento disse-me fazer o homage ao minister da agricultura do Brasil." (I'd been getting that ready). He smiled most complacent-