UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
WASHINGTON 
ECONOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 
July ISil;. 
Miss Glenn, 
Institute Gantral uo Povo, 
P33 ilua Livramento, 
nio ae Janeiro, Prazil 
Miss Glenn: 
Mr. \,ulao L. Scmdtt, a aoolo^ist of Uis national Museum, 
is f,oing to explore tne coast fraa Ilio ue «^aneiro soutri for 
irnrine inverteb rentes. lie will only be in rdo for a snort time, 
i ioave tola nim tin^t missionaries are tno cnief source of infor- 
m.ation in brazil, ana tnat you ana the others will be reaay to 
help xiiHi in tiiis way. He intenas to stop at li siting village 
arouna hio and along the coast. If ycTu Can tell him of pensaos 
or j ive him letters to tdssionaries in such places x snail be grate- 
ful and so will he. I have imown him since he was a boy ana he is a 
fine man as well as a good scientist. 
Best tvishes. 
Sincer.oly, 
idnes Chase, Assistant Agrostologis t. 
Bureau of Plant Indus ti’y. 
