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[1]

6 May ’93

Dear Mr. Mitten¹

Thank you very much for the specimen of Empretrum which I have given to the Herbarium. I exhibited ^it at the Linnean meeting last Thursday.

[2] Mr. Clarke² kindly undertook to answer your questions anent carices.

Of course, you will know that Mr. Wallace is among the selected candidates for the R. S.

[3] Of course you know too that he had only stand to be elected.

I enclose Clarke’s note[.]

Yours truly | W. Botting Hemsley³ [signature]