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Dr Robbins

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Uxbridge, Mass., 19th July, 1866.

Mr. Lapham,
It is now nearly three years
since I had the pleasure of seeing
you and receiving your hospitality on
my journey southward. I left with you
a few L. Superior plants some of which
I had not had the means of determining
Among others I [illegible] the two [illegible]
V. [illegible], Hook. and V. [illegible],
[illegible]. which I thot. might be new as not
being mentioned in any book to which I had
had access. I have for sometime been endeav-
oring to study [illegible], with much assistance from
Dr. Gray and his collections, my L. S. plants
with the view of getting up, in [connection?]
with another gentleman, a more complete
catalogue of the plants of the L. S. region.
At the very beginning of my task I
found that the white flowering [illegible]-
[illegible] of L. S. seemed a different species