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Sham of and you could scad me identification, number,to»nship, and data, that 
would be ample for my present purposes. 
I feel very loath to ask this favor of you,and as I said,I do so only with 
the sincere hope that if it is in say way burdensome to you you will not bother 
about it.formerly ^oore looked up some of these difficulties,but he has with¬ 
drawn entirely from the work,and,I am glad to say,I think that there are not 
a great many of them left,that is,it I can get the ms.to the press before too 
many more segregations are made.If I wait until I come east in the spring that 
will make further delay and give a chance for more segregations to occur! 
Ife was a great regret to me not to be at tbe special Club meeting,where 
you must all have had a fine time.Does M.L.F.give any indication of ahat pro¬ 
gress he is making in working up out last summers collections/H* sent me a 
set of photographs the other day,but otherwise I have heard nothing,and I not 
unnaturally suppose thatlhe is very busy.I watch RhoAora, however,for some new 
finis from GSaspe. 
3iva our regards to ^iss Brown.I trust that you and she are keeping wall 
and happy.I picture you as spending many hours ini your herbarium,revising 
and arranging in a happy manner.One o£ my former colleagues here,who went to 
Vale and is just retiring,Professor Breckenriigefin engineering).has,I am told, 
recently become very much interested in the ferns and orchids of Vermont,where 
he has his summer home,and a great enthusiast for the pursuit of them.I wonder 
if any of our Vermonters in the Club have run across him.H s might be interested 
in joining the club,though I don't know,and my knowledge of this interest of 
his has come to me indirectly so that I should not quits feel like proposing 
him unless someone who knew more intimately about him of late could vouch for 
him.I could testify to his character and eligibility on other grounds,but it 
is thirteen or fourteen years since I have seen him. 
/veil,i hava ? a o A ia the garrulous manner that the careless habits 
of composition upon a typewriter encourage.Pardon me. 
With all best wishes for the ?ear. 
As ever, 
A. S. P. 
