1 Woleott Ssjrraoe, 

 WischeBtor , IJass. , 

 Fobruarj;' IS, 1926. 



lar, Walter Deane 

 ^©itr sir: 



Ao obsirEiaii of the Ccsmuittoe on tho Flora of 



MBsaaeimsetts » I wlsii to get ±n tmieh vith ^ou as soon as 

 posBlblo, I realise that it io praotically impossible to 

 fina. a t3to® for ocHnidtteo aootiag that will bo oozweniont 

 for all, OoasogxiMitly I plan to follos^ the iiiothod all 

 reader iised by prof, FemaM, OH/it is, I slmll propsaro the 

 smmisc3?ipt as far as I am able from mterial in the Gray 

 Horbariiaa and tbo Club eolloction ond soncL a oopy to 

 for retision and Gdditions. Ao I midorstand iSroa Prof, 

 Fomald tho Comitteo plcjus to publish serially in 

 fiHGDOEA and later assonbao tho parts iato Q book, I ani 

 nm \7orMng on tho fomc and fern allioG and hop© to send tlio 

 mnusoaript for yoiir sevlaioji :feirly soon, (This 

 cmmscript necoscsarily wiH b© rather i2io<»:itl©t0 and I 

 ask th»t you ^©r© no oritieisa hmmBT slii^t in 

 iii^rwias it. I thinl: we ought to begin pufDliastion in 

 M103BBk this year, as 1 slmll bavo rather more time to 

 orgsnig© th© worlc thm. Trot, Fojmald had, 



I do n«»t boliovQ it TfTlll bo moessary to call a 

 oocasitto© meetiag imtil w© nearly have prei>arod th© first 

 instalment for publieation. I should bo groatly obliged if 

 yoii would write is© of changes you thiJiij: adTisable in 

 the coEsiittee program as I have outlined i"$. 



Respect Silly yourii. 



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