that you indeed want them and by what means and method you want them sent 

 for convenience. 



Rather than botheryou ail the time I beg you to put me in touch with some able 

 botanist in Philadelphia or any other city of the USA and I believe that with your 

 means and with the coopération of this fellow we can better compare the 

 production ofthe" vegetable kingdom"in thèse most interesting régions. 



I would especially like to enter into correspondence with a scientist who is 

 interested in mosses, liverworts and lichen having as I do a spécial préférence 

 for this branch ofbotany 



