Correspondence, 1915-1953.

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Correspondence, 1915-1953.

Lewis' correspondence with botanists and other plant scientists includes answers to Lewis' questions about gardening, identification of plants, care of plants and gardens, and other botanical and horticultural topics. Correspondents include Alva Agee, Liberty Hyde Bailey, A.W. Blair, Joseph B. Burt, Bernard Oakes Coventry, Stewart James Dunn, Clarence Elliot, Marion R. Hatton, Arthur Koehler, Elmer Drew Merrill, Ruth M. Nauss, William Jacob Robbins, Hermann Von Schrenck, Edgar T. Wherry, H.H. Whetzel, Elizabeth C. White, E.L. Worthen, and others.

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