THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



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PROFESSOR CHARLES E. BESSEY, DEPART- 

 MENT OF BOTANY, THE UNIVERSITY OF 

 NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. 



I am very sorry indeed that you 

 have to move your headquarters and 

 yet I am sure that you will come out 

 all right. The cause which you repre- 

 sent has such widespread interest and 

 is so important that I am sure you will 

 be able to find new quarters within a 

 reasonable time. 



I wish I could send you more than 

 the enclosed money order but this lit- 

 tle contribution may be regarded as a 

 species of "widow's mite" and I trust 

 it will do a little 2"ood. 



A. E. WINSHIP, EDITOR "JOURNAL OF EDU- 

 CATION," BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. 



It is all unintelligible to me, but 

 you are surely in trouble, — at least 

 you have cause to be seriously dis- 

 couraged. I certainly think that some 

 men of abundant means will come to 

 your relief. 



PROFESSOR EDWIN TENNY BREWSTER, 

 ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS. 



There really doesn't seem to be 

 much to be said, does there? So I 

 enclose my little contribution. Let 

 me in addition express my hearty ap- 

 preciation of your work in the past, 

 and my confidence in its future. 



PROFESSOR GEORGE W. CARVER, DIRECTOR 

 DEPARTMENT RESEARCH, EXPERIMEN- 

 TAL STATION AND CONSULTING 

 CHEMIST, TUSKEGEE NORMAL AND 

 INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE, TUSKEGEE 

 INSTITUTE, ALABAMA. 



I regret exceedingly to see such a 

 calamity coming upon such a noble 

 work. I have also looked over the 

 financial condition, and under the cir- 

 cumstances do not really see how it 

 could be better. It seems to me that it 

 makes a very excellent showing. Now, 

 I will do whatever it is possible for me 

 to do in this matter. I fully know how 

 to sympathize with you, as I have just 

 returned from Washington, D. C, 

 where I went upon business for a few 

 days, and upon my return found that 

 everything my experiment station pos- 

 sessed in the way of tools, fertilizers, 

 supplies, etc., had been destroyed by 

 fire. Only one hoe was saved; all my 

 fine seed was destroyed, seed that I 

 have been working on for thirteen 

 years, and which was enough to per- 

 petuate the species. So I have to start 

 over again myself, and hope and be- 

 lieve that something can and will be 

 done. I think, however, that some- 

 thing can be done in both cases. 



WILLARD N. CLUTE, EDITOR "THE FERN 

 BULLETIN" AND "THE AMERICAN BOT- 

 ANIST," JOLIET, ILLINOIS. 

 It strikes me that you have received 

 a rather rough deal in the matter of 

 Arcadia and I extend my sympathy. 

 Later I shall have something to say on 

 the subject in "The American Botan- 

 ist." Unfortunately your notice was 

 received just after the current number 

 of the magazine had gone to press. 



I dare say you have seen the notice 

 that Carnegie has established a cor- 

 poration for the aid of worthy enter- 

 prises such as yours. Why not write 

 to him or his agents. Seems to me he 

 ought to help you push things. How- 

 ever, there is no use trying to interest 

 people in nature. Some are born with 

 this interest and you can cultivate it, 

 but most folks consider any one who 

 monkeys with plants as little better 

 than a fool — a sort of "Miss Nancy" 

 too lacking in manly qualities to be 

 worth considering. I have about de- 

 cided to quit a subject that is so uni- 

 versally regarded as a diversion for 

 the weak minded and get into some 

 man's business like keeping a saloon, 

 running a bucket shop or carrying on 

 a pop-corn stand. 



OLIVER THORNF, MILLER, FAMOUS AUTHOR 



AND ORNITHOLOGIST, LOS ANGELES, 



CALIFORNIA. 



I have read with surprise and deep 

 sympathy the account of the calamity 

 which has befallen you. It is certainly 

 the most extraordinary performance on 

 the part of a "friend," and it seems as 

 if there must be some reason — not 

 given — for the strange act. I will do 

 all the "talking" I can for you, but I 

 am not much of a talker at the best, 

 and my approaching eightieth birthday 

 is reason enough for general silence. 



