Cincinnati. 0. 



S-ee^ Oaer 8th» 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



Canb ri d e e , Mas s , 



Dear Deane:-- 



I wrote yoTi her«\Tith to say that I cannoj possible 



accept prof, Bailey«s detemdnation of I^saiis as"Physa- 



lis philadelphi ca. IJb nature caJ-^'x is not filled by the 



berr;'' bttt. on th' contray^r is very mudi inflated and tho 



berrj'- is snail and yellow; likewise, the calyx is not 



opened at the nouth biat is closed. The spec in en of 



Quercus I also v^ould not like to agree to be Ifaercus coc- 



cinea I can see no renenblance at all in either leaves 



or the acorns with the undoubted specinen which we have 



here. On the contra rj/, it is ver^r close to the Quepcus 



W-bra but with nore dissected leaves. It may be a hybrid 



betwee the Quercus rubra and coccinea but if it is it 



