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without having employed assistance at his own expense. It is therefore asked of you that the assistance necesary this month be furnished by the Department - to enable your Superintendent to complete said annual Report. The following letter and similar ones have been received I have your note of Nov 4th and the package of seeds which I am very glad to get. We shall do what we can to co-operate with you in establishing an arboretum on the shores of Puget Sound, and in a short time I shall be able to send you a number of seeds collected here in the arboretum or received from our correspondents Another year I dare say there are several things I should be glad to have you collect for us. Yours very Truely C S Sargent Professor of Harvard University- Arnold Arboretum Jamaica Plains Mass 4