Hrbana 
13 May, 1919 
Dear Mr. Deane:'— 
I was very sorry th learn that you were home with a Botanioaloluhattendanoe- 
preventingcoll,but I trust that ere this you are better.As to the questions you 
raise.I oannot quite understand why there should not be a card with a Se citation 
for Echinocystis lobata, for I have it on the check: list. It may be an error of 
Moore’s in typewriting.In general,in the case of a difference between the cards 
and the check list in any matter save the determination of species the former is 
to be trusted ,as the latter is exposed to clerical error in copying,while the 
former is taken right from the plants.There are some two years’ collections,how¬ 
ever, which have not yet been entered on the cards and which I have by me waiting 
for an opportunity when I sahll be in Cambridge for a long enough time at once to 
get a chance.to enter them. Viola $ #$$$$# $$$#### reinfolia and the var. Brainerdii 
seem about equally common in the county,to judge both from my experience and also 
from the evidence of the check list. Alnus mollis and A.crispa Moore and I lumped 
together from the difficulty,as it seemed to us,of drawing a good dividing line 
between them.Perhaps we were wrong;I should like your opinion. 
It looks a little more as though I might possibly go east by way of Boston 
and have$ a chance to go out to the Herbarium for a short bisit,in which case I 
shall list your plants.Many thanks to you fob putting them there. 
There is little news here except the continuance of great busy-ness on my 
part,trying to get things finished up for the end of the year. 
With all best regards and wishes for your good health. 
As ever. 
