Dear Dr# Bmmt 
1 am wAidJog to s^nd^ta^i receipt of the lot of 
140 Canadian grasses me&t&oned in your letter of lay 29 
addressed to Mrs* Agues 0has% Custodian of Grasses, f, # 8* 
National Herbarium. Th# speci&ens are accessioned as an 
exchange from the Department of Agriculture, Division of 
Botany and Plant Pathology, and an equivalent nill be for-- 
myded soon as Mrs* Chase has had an opportunity of 
selecting d^sirmbla material} this will probably b# in the 
coarse of the next fortnight or so, lour preference for 
specimens from otrtein regions is noted . 
lours very truly 
"^Wiliiaa Rm Itaon 
Curator, Division of Plants 
