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far as I went the identifications are mostly incorrect. The botanist on the staff, responsible for the naming, is home with a broken let so I did not see him. I suggested that Dr. B. send the whole lot to Wash. to be named and returned. He accepted and returned. He accepted gladly and said we were to help ourselves to part of the material - I had that in mind. Most of what I saw is from Southern Brasil, which I shall not see. It will enrich our Brazilian collection and be a great help to our "colleagues".

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When the building I saw being prepared at Deodora is completed the herb. will be moved to that station. I said to send the grasses next May or June, for I knew you and Mr. Swallen would not have time this winter for them. There will be the equivalent, I estimate, of 2 of our herb. cases, but many specimens of same species. As I said in my last letter, Dr. B [[strikethrough]] need [[/strikethrough]] lacks books of all sorts. Yesterday he showed me his [[underlined]] typed copy [[/underlined]] of Hackel's keys in Eugler & Prantl's Pflanzenfamilien!

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Eugler-Prantl, Die natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien