NATHANIEL T. KIDDER, 



69 AMES BUILDING, 

 BOSTON, MASS. 



7 May, 1915. 



Dr. George G.Kennedy, 



Readville, Mass. 

 Dear Doctor Kennedy: 



The Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has grown to 

 be one of the best collections on horticulture in the world. It contains some twenty 

 thousand (SO, 000) bound volumes. The last catalogue was printed in 1873, sines which 

 date many most important works have been added. 



It is now proposed to make a permanent reoord of this collection by printing 

 a new catalogue. This will be in two volumes divided under author and subject. It 

 will be a valuable reference book in itself, much in demand in horticultural libraries 

 the world over, and it will greatly increase the use of our own Library. 



It will cost three thousand dollars ($3,000) to print the catalogue. The 

 Society has appropriated fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), and it is hoped that fifteen 

 persons may be found willing to give one hundred dollars ($100) each to make up the 

 neoessary amount. 



The new catalogue will be on sale at ten dollars ($10), and a copy will be 

 given to every subscriber of ten dollars ($10) or more. It is not expected to be ready 

 for about a year from the date of this letter. It will be issued under the supervision 

 of Prof . diaries S.Sargent, whose facilities for compiling such a work are well known. 

 Complimentary copies will be sent to kindred societies. 



I hope very much that you will be willing to be one of the fifteen to sub- 

 scribe one hundred dollars ($100) each. 



Very truly yours, 



