100 
large American i^roor^vm, with geod- sized ateglpB*« spruces, fine tr*** 
of :?iaua .Itrohua and other things. tar. Bilger took me to his home in 
a house in the garden. Br. Angler {retired) lives downstairs ui| the 
Pilgers up. Bran ? is ever so nice, safd there are two fine children , 
a hoy, and a girl younger, |*lke Br. Bahlhrnekner and Dr. Briquet 
Br. Pilger after dinner asked rae if I would, have a cigarette. It al- 
ways sounds like a joke when 1 say. "Ehsnk you, I don't smoke. " But 
I keep the Joke to myself. I got Br. Pilger to talking of his South 
American Bel so and it was very interesting. He can speak very good 
English hut he speaks German nearly all the time, $lth all this 
time lost % shall have, to ho hero all next week, — ~ — 31ad to got 
letters. lea, I guess my idea of getting some reimbursement for 
v.len for all. the things X got is not pasaotieahle, -hat $100 J paid 
for the Big folio mat* Heiae hooks fill, help a lot, so I feel -Better, 
It really dooa stir one's fo .lings to soo the conditions vnder which 
they koep on working in >B,en. Shanks for Rending mi. 772. 5 I 'must 
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tell you what Br, Pilger said of the drawings in 772.— I'll twll it in 
English— Mo said they were the best grass drawings ho had ever seen, 
raey are like living plants, not herbarium exaraplanen. '?hono they 
knew in Burope, like Bactylio glomerata, are gang naturlieh. f wrote 
that to Mrs. Bill that night. Pilger has made drawings himself, that 
is why, like myself, he can -appreciate Brs. Sill's- work,—— Br 
lor came to the grass alcove the other day and gave me some pi 
for you. Be evidently translated nearly all year papers on fiewieo 
and *Wii-tho©e that appeared in scientific. Monthly— Edging JB'om 
tbo lenrth of the reviews. He said your hotaimsche Rcise papers were 
sohr wiehtig. Br. Bngl c-r is not so corpulent as ho was Trtum he was in 
Washington in 1914.— I am glad fecmillan will putt i eh the Primer- 
you will appreciate how ahsorhod I've ho on when I tell you I had al- 
most forgotten the primer. | They can call it Birst Book if they like 
—though I like Primer better- olease sign the contract for me, any 
