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to leave room for additions. He crosses out "#*~so and so" when lie 
does not agree. The diener distributes according to this amended 
Kew. It strikes me as bunglesome, and the necessity of sticking to 
Kew genera in Andropogoneae , Banioeae, etc, a hampering restric^- 
tlon. I think it is a Bijks herbar ruling. I hope he will see the 
advisability of having it changed, fhe genera in each family are 
arranged alphabetically. Of course I did not criticise It — I resall 
Mr. Hubbard's frequent statements of what they did "up there" and 
Miss Kimball's of the Garden's arrangements and methods. Later I 
told him of our segregated, indexed types, and that the herb was 
arranged according to faekel's genera In angler & Prantl, a mss 
index based thereon being kept up to date, also that we have ciss 
working keys to our U.S. species. He was much interested. He has 
had almost no acquaintance with systematic botanists. In Holland 
they all run to physiology, genetics, etc. In the University at 
Utrecht, when a student, he protested to the professor that he re- 
ceived no instruction in systematic botany. The professor told , 
him it was of little importance, he could easily study that by himself 
Haokel has been his great help and friend, though he never saw Ma 
till t o years ago. Brussels hebbarium isn't as large as 1 had 
expected, and I did not get so very such. Dr. Teraoesen let me work 
as long as he did, which was till nearly 7 two evenings. I don't 
recall that I told you much about Brussels, 2enrard and Leiden so 
filled my mind. I spoke of the lartius herbarium that I had been 
told was at Brussels. Yermoesen told me that Dumortier (whose little 
Agrost Beige we have) was Belgian minister to Bavaria at the time 
lartius died. He communicated with his government and induced them 
to buy the herbarium from the University at Munich. I wish we had 
botanists for ambassadors! He showed me the marble bust of Dumort- 
ier at the end of the herbarium. Perhaps you remember it. 1 had a 
surBrise there one morning. I was working with my grasses spread 
