SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
July Jl 
Mr. Henry 71. Henshaw, 
Chief, Biological Survey, 
U. S. Department of Agricultiire , 
Washington, D. C. 
My dear Mr. Henshav;: 
1912. 
I have just returned from my European trip 
and find a number of valuable accessions of plants which have 
been collected through the kindness of men connected with your 
force. These I shall report upon as quickly as I can find time 
to pass upon the collections. Among them are accessions re- 
ceived from Porto Rico collected by Mr. A. Wetmore. My identi- 
fications are only tentative, but I think in the main will not 
need to be changed; although if they are used in a report, it 
might be v/ell for me to see them before the manuscript goes to 
press . 
My preliminary report is herewith enclosed. 
Yours very truly, 
(Enclosure . ) 
