p.1

Davenport Iowa
Jany 16th 1873

Dr I A Lapham

My Dear Sir,
I do not know when I have
been better pleased than in
reading your article on Botanical
classification in Wisconsin.
[illegible] translations. It seems
to me that you have struck
on just the right view and
whatever botanical authorities may
say, at first it will be
eventually adopted and Coniferae
transferred to its proper place
between Monocotyledons & [illegible]
The points you bring out are
clear in convincing me of those