wondorfal h@r Darius hero is unahle to get *aeuatiag paper, a Of ©©-arse 
they have the centuries of /uaeriean grasses we have distributed, hut 
he fore I an thremgh I shall have several tisaes as may speciaeas as 
we have sent them, Isn't this a beautifully planned herbarium? so 
©lean and light and r©omy. It took By preconceived idea ©f ©us» the 
superiority of ©ur herbariun fth® grass part) down a peg, 1 a® 
writing while eating breakfast ©f coffee, kornbrod (v/hich is rye 
"bread) cheese (instead 'of hut tor) and an egg, Prau. S, once had an 
American doctor and wife here. She judged my appetite hy theirs and 
gave si© enough for three at first, 1 do not eat with the family. I 
sundae they do not have egg themselves, 1 said I only wanted what 
they had t hens elves hut she has given n© meat each night and egg or 
sausage each norning. It is a comfort that I can leave a©st of the 
meat. I ©at all the "bread I get {though It is awful stuff) and as 
in no danger ©f starving. I had a little fire ia my roo» last night. 
I am fighting ©ff a sere threat, and American money can afford a #© 
fire. Het water for washing and fir© are kept account of so 1 ©an 
pay for them. I'd have a 'ire all evening except for the meanness 
of having coiafort while they are shivering and ©©ughing. The krone 
is 7406 to 9QL, ffcf grafter of a hotel keeper gave n© 6000 for $1. 
(He told a©, in pretty good 3n ;;1 i sh , that if it wasn't foe America 
they wouldn't he where th y are now. He toad he on in An erica for son« 
years and had returned » (well off. I judge'^ shortly hefore th© war. 
If he had only stayed ia America till now he would he a. rich nan, he 
said. He did not seem hitter ahout it— spoke as if th© 3©k© was on 
hia. ) -March 26.— I find y©ur new spoeies of L'anisuris from Brit- 
ish Guiana in Hacked herh under the name R©ttho«llia Jonnani , th© 
same oolleotion as yours, I think. Here is a Harming specimen from 
Brazil , found in th© indets today, that I think is th© same species, 
i wonder if this will reach youAln time to go into th© proofs, if mj 
