Salera, May 30, 1913 



liy dear >lr . Deane 



I have "been housed for a day or two and have for 

 that reason neglected your letter of the 25th. You can put down my West 

 Newhury Avena striata,- the only specimfn ever in ou1r herhariun^ undefr that 

 name,- as Bromus ciliatus, like unto the I'iddlesex specimen. It is a youth- 

 ful state of the -^romus and has passed through Kr. Kuhlard's hands and is 

 so marked "by him,- Eromus ciliatus,— and so I an not sending it to you. 

 He also identifies the Cinna. The specimens are from oears and seem to he 

 all right. I have heen out of the hotamical work so long that I am 



very rusty, althv)U5h I have not exactly lost interest in the suhject. My 

 duties for the past twenty years as general utility man of the museum^re 

 not conducive to study of any particular sulgect as iiou may well imagine. 

 I did not at first find the Bromus, hut did find the vac-ncy in the Avena 

 package. The grasses h|ie "been identified now pretty well 1 think. I hope 

 some day a new hotunist will arise and take up the Essex County flora where 

 I left it, add all new things, correct mistakes_^«ilL "bring it up to fate 

 and make an interesting work of it. But I know of no working hotanists 

 hereahouts now. I will sent the Cinna as soon as possihle, but leave the 

 sinner (-'wena misnamed) hehind. I am 



Very Truly Yours 



