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EDITORS: 
JOHN M. COULTER, 
WABASH COLLEGE, CRAWFORDSVILLE, INO. 
CHARLES R. BARNES, 
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON, WI8. 
J. C. ARTHUR, 
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, LAFAYETTE, IND. 
July 25.1890. 
d ear Dr . Wat son : - - 
I have your letter of the 19th, and have delayed answering 
it for a few days in order that I might consider the proposition you 
make . 
I must at th£ outset express 15 ^ gratification at the enlargement 
of thje resources of the Herbarium, and thank y:u for the very flatter- 
ing opinion tha.t you express as to ny ability for the work proposed. 
I hope that the future will justify it. 
You know of course that the scheme of work that you suggest is 
most attractive to me. It ha.s long' been By ideal to be able to devote 
my time to research, but I had not expected soon to have an opportuni- 
ty/.o do it. I do not dislike teaching but it is so time-consuming 
that I get comparatively little leisure for the original work that I 
v/ant most to do. I give full weight therefore to this phase of the 
proposition. It is chiefly the question of salary that is difficult ^ 
to settle, and I find ttat I need additional data. 
I should like first to know about t ha permanency of the place. 
You say in your letter " . . .a sufficient income is secured for a 
number of years . . . “ IW I know what this arrangement is so far 
as it might affect the continuance of the income ? 
As to the salary necessary I can only say v/hat I want it to do — 
