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Feb. 1st, 1903, 



jear Dr. Kennedy, 



I an so sorry to learn that your eyes have been (-route 

 line you,' mine have been tired for years, but T manage to rest then a 

 little every night by avoiding late hours, end electric lights, '/es, 

 l.'t • -aShington, - -ass, is a de^'ghtful summering plaoa* Tt vas the hone 

 of Dora and Elaine Goodale, where much of their poetry was rrit + en, and 

 I an very fond of Dashbish Falls and Sage ' s "a vine • You shou" 1 d make a 



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trip there sonetine. If v/e go there for a Botanical collecting trip 

 again , I will send you word. T have spent severa" 1 del igth!*fl2 weeks 

 there four different tines in ny life, when T was a child \u 167ft, in 

 1897 t nth some f ri en Is at SpurrSs, in IQoo at Manda, and a short frtp 

 fpr a few days in 3"pring-t ine three years ago. I know you would enjoy 



it and there are many rare and interesting mosses, both in Sages Ravine 



and t&peeittlly in Qashbish Fal's ravine above the falls. J an glad to 

 lea-n that the duplicates that I sent you will be of sone interest to 

 your collections. I w' sh that sone way vould be contrived so thai T'r. 

 Collins could get more t ine for study. He are installing a lot of new 

 cases and Ipm to have mpre room for ny nos^^ses. i have had a gil"if to 

 Tvlp me nor for over a year, and an retting a lot of mounting done, and 

 gettting rid of our duplicates as fast as I can. There is still a large 

 accumulation of Southern spcies gathered by Dr*i Sna 11 and his correspon- 

 dents, which I have not- taken the tine to study, and I'r. Lillians has 

 brought a fine collection from Bolivia, on which I shall have to give 

 him some help. T p. 1 so hr ve a lot of Mexican mosses Still unstudied , 

 among then a fc&ail set oP "ringle's, which I'iss Gunnings is very anx- 

 ious that I should s up ply names for. I hrve sent a£l the recent '"'est 

 Indian collections from ^orto Rico, Cuba and St fitts to Kew for T'r. 



