FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED. JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED- CHARLES ELIOT. 



edward d.bolton, 

 Superintendent of Construction. 



OLMSTED, OLMSTED & ELIOT, 



LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. 



Brookline, Mass. 



WARREN H. MANNING. 

 Superintendent of Planting. 



May 28th, 1885' 



Dr. B. L. Robinson, 



Gray's Herbarium, Cambridge, Mass. 



Dear Sir;- Mr. M. L. Female! informs me that you would 

 probably be willing to assist in the preparation of the Metropoli- 

 tan flora. I had not addressee you before with reference to this 

 work, because I thought that you oould hardly spare the time from 

 more important work to give attention to work of this character. 

 I take the liberty of sending you, under separate cover, one of 

 the preliminary lists, which has been recently published, together 

 with a permit for collection within the limits of the Reservation. 



If you will allow me, I should like to inform those who are 

 connected with this work that you are ready to join with them in 

 furnishing information to make the final list more complete. 



Yours truly, 



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