2o2 West lood St^ >I.Y. City. 

 ,^a-ch 16th, 1899. 

 De a r ! 'r ^ en po r ' , 



] received ymxr ietter- and the ms. en- 

 closed. As you gave me a choice of piiblica'^i on, l chose the Bul.le - 

 tin.^s it seemed to be a criticism, of BSD. r,il bert's last pa-^er in 

 the Bulletin ■ nd of Jenmans to #^ii;b he "^ef erred it seemd best 

 print it there as the Plant World, is intended more J^for popnhr 

 articl es. 



J'y paper on the ^erns of the Eastern States as they 

 .(-^row i.s to be f^iven at the Torre>- "^lub on the 29th at 1]5 West 68th 

 St. in the Oolle»^e of i^harmac y, and 1 have succeeded in getting 

 some good photographs of ferns to show \n thei^' native haunts. 

 ] was mu(ih disappointed howeV'er, in not getting any from your- 

 fi'iend T-fr.f^enry A. Clapp*, and 1 \\iJpe some' ime 1 shall have the 

 plea3U>;-e ^of seeing his slides, "^ou said he had some of Crosiers 

 slides "''ill you please explain this to me. Wrasit the Irosier 

 who used ' o be in 'Ya shing(tj(bn. ? ] had a very nice letter from Mr. 

 nlapp, telling me the circumstances that his si ides were p;a^ed and 

 that he was boarding and had no place tc> work etc. 

 i^ut ] msh \'o\ wou-ld remember to ask any of your- fern and photo- 

 graphic friends, to take pictures of any ferns espec^j^lly the rare 

 ones whi''^-; are so difficult to get pictu^-es of, '^here is a host 

 of Asplenii-iras ^ Botrychiums, Wqpdsias , -iXid Aspidiums, f f ragrans , 

 Croldieana, ) which have never been photographed, ^ !r\ 1 1 



With kindest regards your truly, \X^^i^^'^ 



