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B. L. ROBINSON, Curator 



CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. 



3 April, 1914. 



Boston, Mass. 



Dear Mr. Adams: 



Inclosed I send a statement of Dr. Kennedy's gifts to the 



Gray Herbarium. The first five of those recorded (from 1890 to 1894) are 

 taken from the Treasurer's reports. They came in through Dr. Goodale and 

 there was at that time no separate Visiting Committee for the Gray Herbarium. 

 From a variety of circumstances I feel pretty sure that the "friend" and 

 the "anonymous friend" mentioned in these reports^dur ing the early nineties 

 was Dr. fennedy. Prom 1396 tp date the records are taken from our own ac- 

 counts and I am sure of their accuracy as we have verified them with a great 

 deal of care. 



Dr. Kennedy has also been a liberal supporter of various botanical enter- 

 prises indirectly connected with the Gray Herbarium but not upon the same 

 budget, as for instance some privately equipped botanical exploring expedi- 

 tions, the publication of a checklist of the plants in Gray's Manual, the 

 publications and herbarium of the New England Botanical Club, etc. 



Very truly yours, 



