THE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



Office of the Director. 



St. Louis, Mo., May 3,1904. 



Dear Dr. Kennedy; 



Professor W. I. Bray, of the State Univer- 

 sity, Austin, writes me that there is no Aletris 

 farinosa at all in his part of Texas, but he thinks 

 that ''a considerable amount of it oould be found 

 in the vicinity of Orange, but scarcely in quan- 

 tities to be of economic importance. Judging from 

 collections made six years ago, the flatter part 

 of the pine lands in that part of the State possess 

 a considerable percentage of species of that genus. 

 I will not be sure that they are farinosa, however. 

 It would be a matter of interest for a botanist to 

 go into that region on purpose to look up the sub- 

 ject." 



Should you want to take the matter up m any 

 way with him, I am sure you will find him a good 

 correspondent . 



Dr. 5, 5. Kennedy, 



Readville, lias a. 



