The Lloyd Library, 



224 West Court Street, 



CINCINNATI, O., U. S. A. 0 C^.t P.-^ 1 -^t^, ISO-CL. 



Brewster Place, 



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rear I'l-iona Dean; 



Your little "puf-" balls" are ;iot in a 

 strict Ren^e of the viorri t'^me puff bal"'-S, but are the 

 nature foTvm of a Rlime mold, Lycoperdon epidendrum, 

 that Rinilat'iB the puff ball in 'tB nature form. There 

 are only fev: pline noldf? t'lat taXe the^e fornR when 

 mature. If you had found the e little plants vrhen young 

 you wou.id jiave found thein of pinX. color, and had you 

 brolcen one open you would ha\^e found it -'ull of an 

 araorphouB Rliiie, They are very curioup in their yoraig 

 f plasnodial ) states, for in this ooiidition a wloroscopic 

 examination sIxowb no colls, sinply -sline. 



I'.'hy do'nt yon drop uo a line occasionally and let 

 ne know hov/ you are getting along? I did not cone east 

 this year but the previous suiiiirier I called at joxxr little 

 ?/orkBhop, and foimd you v;ere in New York attending a bird 

 convention. It is a great pity for botany that you have 



