CO? Y. 



CARNEGIE IRBTITTTTiai; .ilKaTON 

 -aehington, v. G. 



Office of the ? resident January 31st, 1912. 



Dr. J. I'. Rose, 



U. r., national Museum, 

 "ashington, X), C. 



Hear "sr. Rose : 



I run pleased to inform you that fit a meeting of 

 our Executive Committee held on the 18th instPnt, you were ap- 

 pointed a Hesearch Associate of the department of Botanicrl Re- 

 search of the Institution for the year 191C, and that an allot- 

 nont for your personpl compensation at the rate of ;300 per month 

 was made. 



The object of this association is, as has already been ex- 

 plained to you by -r. oc )ou£r l, to secure your cooperption and 

 that of Dr. K. L. Written, of the Tew York botanical Garden, along 

 with that of our Department of Botanical Pesearch, in the prosecu- 

 tion of a general investigation of the cactus family of plants. 



Under the supervision of Dr. i-,-,acDoug'- 1 , Director of the De- 

 partment of Botanical Research, there will bo available also for 

 this special work the follo?fing allotmentfi, na.-ioly: 



Delary of an assistant ;;i,500. 



Fjcploration and travel 1,400. 



Dxpenses of an artist for 5 nonths 500. 



f:3,400. 



I would suggest that you take up correspondence concerning 



this Hjatter i-anediately viith Dr. Cannon, who is the /cting Di- 



