ABEL JOEL GROUT, Ph. D., 

 ANNIE MORRILL SMITH. 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF NORTH AMERICAN MOSSES, 

 ALSO OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 



78 ORANGE ST., BROOKLYN, N. Y. 



My dear Dr. Kennedy: — 



The time for the June meeting of the Sul.Moss Chap, 

 in connection with the A.A.A.S. is drawing near and I am very anxious to 

 know just what I have to depend on. I knew sometime ago that Mrs. Britton ha 

 written you and found out that your health might interfere with your doing 

 at this time. But since then I have heard from you through Miss email that 

 you had already in hand the work Which was on her mind, and towards which 

 she had been working for the three months^with Mrs. Britto n. 



The list of Mosses for Mass. being well under way and better done^Miss 

 S. added ^tharjshe could do. How in view of this can you not send me your liat 

 or so me part of it and a few specimens for the Chap. Herb. And are you not 

 too be with us at th|at time ? 



Dr. Grout is very anxious that this should be, Mrs. Britton is a vrr; 



busy woman and this we all know , and it is very hard to learn from her just 



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what she kz doing. Hence our anxiety on our own account/ 

 An early reply will oblige, yours very truly, 



May 10th. 1000. 



