EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE. 
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIRRI. 
S. M. TRACY, DIRECTOR. 
4,^1. 0c-t.-«— l5.y— lyyi-, 
Dr. 3. Watson, 
Cambridge, .iviass. 
Dea r Si r; 
The last issue of the "Torrey Bulletin" has a note in 
regard to a new species of Zea which has been sent to you from 
hexico. At this Station wo are giving special attention to grass 
culture, having over three hundred species in cultivation, and 1 am 
anxious to procure a few seeds of this. Will it bo possible for 
you to send them to us? If you can do so, it Y/iii be a great 
favor. 
In my herbarium I have duplicates of several hundreds of grasses, 
many of them having been grown here from foreign seeds, especially 
Russian, Indian, and Australian species. If you would care for 
them 1 shall be glad to send a set in exchange for other grasses, 
either native or foreign. 1 am informed that you have quite a 
number of Dr. Thurber's type specimens in duplicate, and if any of 
those can be spared 1 would be especially glad to secure them, 
either by exchange or purchase. 
Yours very truly. 
