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'briefed and concerning
the collection of botanical material and problems involved in this work. fexplxined where and"how the material was obtained'and'dis
cussed the many problems involved in obtaining botanical materials;in.
countries in which there are few botanical experts and the country it
selfiis,not!interested.in;developing and studying theirinatural"resource: pointed outithat he is quite familiar with

and stated he felt: research and exploration along botanital lines. in this area would be valuable."He thoroughly approved of the trip and offered full co-operation of his.Division in any. future work planned along theselines.

.It.is the opinion of therwriter, based
statements, that he would;endorse botanical exploration carried out on a large'scale if prcperly guiied nd is of the opinion that. such.wcrk:would,be highly prouctive

5. It is the intention of the writer in the near future to pro-Dose an additional project:for botanical research in probably using post-graduate students in botanya support along these lires is regaried as important.The writer feels definitely tha will support such a project without reservation on the basis, of his own research, travel;and knowledge

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