Department of Botany 



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The Botanical Gazette 



December 31, 1900, 



My dear Peane : - 



I was hoping that during the Christmas week I should find time 

 to write you a letter with my own hand, but have had to abandon that hope 

 and resort now to a dictated letter^ which I am sure you will forgive, 

 since I can make it so much more satisfactory in content even than a 

 written letter. 



My little stamp box doubtless reached you somewhat behind 

 time j &B my Christmas presents usually do! It was impossible to me to 

 get down town to get it until the day before Christmas. You know T 

 invariably put off my shopping to the last minute; w ile^as your book 

 evidenced ^you had been forehanded as usual. TTowt&atone has to stamp 

 checks as well as let tens a pocket stamp box is not inconvenient, 



I have not had opportunity yet to read the attractive book 

 you sent, but I am sure from looking it over two or three times that it 

 will prove as delightful as it is attractive . 



The week ha been a busy one here because we have had the 

 second meeting of the Naturalists of the central states. About 70 or 

 75 people have been here, and in addition to the hours spent in the sess- 

 ions we have been trying to entertain our friends by both social- and 

 university attentions . A considerable number of botanists were among 

 the attendants. Rarnaley from Colorado, and Jeffrey from Toronto repre- 

 sented the extremes , T believe. There were about twenty from abroad, 

 and these with our own staff and advanced students made up a very respec- 

 table .section, 



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My work has gone along in the usual grooves this year. In the 

 spring I wrote a couple of articles for Bailey's Cyclopedia, the ones on 



