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Title
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Letters, Aug. 19th, 1911_007
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Alternative Title
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Letters, Aug. 19th, 1911
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Date
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Aug. 19th, 1911
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Creator
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Edith Schwartz Clements
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Description
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Edith Schwartz Clements handwritten letter
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Identifier
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nshs-rg3158am
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Transcription
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7 we shall each carry a Thermos bottle about with us! Deary me. I have entirely forgotten Mr. Druce of Oxford . My size, gray with twinkling dark eyes & no end of anecdotes at which he himself laughs the most uproariously; Independently wealthy, with house, godson & motor-car; a bachelor &globe-trotter. Seems to be on familiar terms with many “Lady So & So’s” & have visited at their houses. He knows the British flora thoroughly & is always an incident of the trip to have him pass on the name of a flower, have the foreign systematists disagree & a warm & protracted discussion ensue. I get so disgusted when half the party wastes time & wards over so unimportant a question; one which can, after all be settled only by comparison with the “type” in some herbarium. What difference does it make whether one variety has a few more leaf-hairs than another? I am so glad Fritz is turning more & more to the practical aspects of botany. Those & the
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Rights
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