ARNOLD 



ARBORETUM, HARVARD 



JAMAICA PLAIN, 

 MASS. 



UNIVERSITY, 



October 4, 



19IO.: 



Dear Doctor: 



Were n't those Reading Pitch Pine leaves 

 as long as these which came from the tree In How 

 Jersey pronounced P. serotina by the New York 

 people on account of their length? 



meet about "Thrones* Dominations, Virtues, Pow- 

 ers". You doubtless have some reference book 

 which gives the angelic hierarchy by rank. At 

 any rate in Worcester's unabridged all these 

 words are defined as angels of certain grade. 

 But few young readers would}, understand thia with- 

 out explanation. How many school boys, for in- 

 stance, would know what Virtue and Powers mean 

 in Milton's line. Yours truly, ^ ^ 



I want to talk with you next time we 



