U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



DiVISiON OF AGROSTOLOGY, 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



F. LAMSON-SCRIBNER, 

 THOMAS A. WILLIAMS, 



Dece::ber 7, 1900. 



BTP.'i^.ieT St., 



Cambridge, Mas". 

 Dear Mr. j}earje:- 



I }i«.vo your kind note of LeoBiriber 5th r.ncl the o-rssBC'S re- 



forrerl to rrere duly received. I an returning then by tjiin iiiail na)rL6d 



rf::(j-ie.<3te d. We are begiraiins to B.-:e a little light out of our ",'orh on 



Pan icmae and jiaN-e t}-.e He',T "iiglarxl material nearry finif^hed. We found it 



iiiponnibleH^tudy that material "rithout alf^o tr.King uij Bontherji npeoieg 



and -le liave been devoting nunh tijie to tlie \7]iole grmip . i n^jHed you 



yesterday a circular in •7}iich you --rill find the ref?iAitR of our ex?:iraina- 



ticn irf: Iluhlonberg'B co:',lectlon aiid a fe-" 'tays ago I Rent Jlr. Her?"ill to 



Oha.rie??tnn, Routh Carolina, to verify BOirie notes nade several years ago 



by ]ayr-jelf on the gruB^ses in Klliott • r herbariuia, So fa.r a^^ Material in 



thi;; ooimtry goes, vie have no-; exe^airied all type for; .F'. if Aahe v/ill junt 



let the thing alorig for a little vhlle, \ie r/ill be able, I t?iinK, to malcfc 



an a^.-jeptrble report on thi« group of gra^Re^. , It raay interest you. to 



Icnov; that F an i cuaa cuthbortii Ashe i'i only enBlfollura TCHiott, and 



erytjj^rocarpoli 

 P a n.i 0 i Jiri ^vn" '.Xf ^ggir^r i in essaotly P_. ovale Tilliott. 



I paf3sed through Dof^ton la??t July on ny -Tay frora Kova Srjotia to 



■joRtern 'Jn-^ Yorh and Mad^e a brief ran Aiit to the h??rbari'ira at Caiabridge, 



but I did not have tirae to mal-ie thf: calif? "rhioh I rroiild have bi--en very 



glad to have raaae. Later in the season I "rent to F3''oniing,^ Idaho and sqm 

 sojae very wllc^ and interefjting ootuitry. 

 ^'fith hindest rpg Jij-ds, I rei iain, 



^ . .Yourn very t:nily, 



Agroatologiet. 



