Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Db u I' u i' . w s Ison, ■ 
i Deserve your criticis-T; of ihe phrase ''Library of the Bo- 
tanic Garden” in the Library Report, and oy transfer in my Report. Tne use 
of tnis phrase is entirsiy without significance so far as tne status of tne 
Liorary is concernec. Wnetner the Licrary Dslong itore properly with the 
Herbari uo;. or witn the Botanic DeDartiient taken as a wnoie.f have never had 
occasion to inquire; cut i hac not supposed tnat the Library. as well as tne 
nsrcariunn was necessarily entirely depencent on the very inadequate fund of 
tne Heroariuff:. 
i aa'i not yet oiiiciaiiy inioniied of tne dispositions itade by Dr. Gray in 
his wiix ior the canefit of the Reroariuit. As i have heard theft aescriceQ 
iney involve a soiiiewhat serious cnargs for Keeping up the various eoitions 
of nis COOKS, i suppose that witnin a few weeks the future of the HerbariUit, 
ana its relation to tne wnoio Oeoartiient oi Botany, will bs brougnt into dis- 
Dr. aereno Watson. 
Very truly yours. 
