Middle bury, Vt., Nov. 12,1919 



Dear Mr. Dearie :- 



I am sorry to nave neglected so badly during the past two 



weeks sucn a good friend as you. Bat I nave been unusually crowded with 



work. Tne Vt. Experiment Station is aoout to publish a report on extended 



studies, under my supervision, into tne nature and extent or hybridism 



in tne genus Rudus. They are expending about $3,000. and tne report will 



cover 2 to 3' nundred pages, Ihe botanist of tne station nas naa a call 



to a more lucrative position at Ft . Collins, Colo ., ana will leave Vt . in 



midwinter. He is spending tnis week in Middlebury getting needed data 



from my herbarium. 



I accept without further hesitation you- kind offer to procure the 



mounting of my violets. I hope soon to sena on the specimens. I will 

 also before long try to clear up the trouble aPout the "hypothetical 

 hybrid"- you found in Shelburne. S. H. , and that I puPlished as v. incog- 

 nita, var. Forhesii in Bull. lorr. Club 36:e-9. 1911. I mail you this paper 

 and also one from the Am. Naturalist April 1910, both of which I should 

 :<e glad to nave you return, as I nave no spare copies. 



With kind regards both to yourself and Miss Brown, in which Mrs Brain 

 erd joins , 



Sincerely Yours, 



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