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in order to make more nearly complete our knowledge of the 
fungi of the islands. The following instructions were received 
ry me (details omitted): 
Dec. 18, 1922. 
Dr. Fred J. Seaver, 
New York, N. Y. 
Siry:—You are hereby authorized Ga directed to oe from 
New York City to San Juan, Porto Rico, for the purpose of 
conducting a ae of pees ren aiming to make more 
complete the knowledge of fungi in Porto Rico, especially ee 
which are destructive to vegetation and more especially 
coffee and citrus fruits. 
The traveling expenses hereby enjoined are necessary for the 
Hee service and said expenses are estimated not to exceed 
00. 
Y our actual transportation expenses from New York City to 
San Juan, and from San Juan back to New York City, as well 
as all necessary expenses made in performance of your official 
duties while in Porto Rico will be paid by the Insular Govern- 
ment 
Respectfully, 
Ramon GanpiA Corbo 
Acting Commissioner of Agriculture and Le or. 
ee Juan 
eee of Pere Rico. 
ordance with the foregoing instructions, the work was 
e 
know, by American mycologists. The 
most extensive mycological work as on these islands is 
by C. Ferdinandsen and O. Win 
1 Fungi from the Danish nes Indies collected 1905-1906, Part 1. Bot. 
Tidssk. 29: 3-25, pl. z,2. 1908. 
