(Columbia Utitwcrsity ixx the City of |lexu Ifovk 
DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY 
. I® January 1897 189 
My dear Deane* 
Yes I know that the new Chapman is coming out and as Swingle says 
he is only making keys for his miserable work* It is a pity to put 
out such a waste f&r he has done little in the way of making any re¬ 
visions and has not been active in getting the things that have been 
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collected^ I consider it a waste of paper as long as the old edition 
is still in existence and is utterly unsatisfactory as every one who 
has used it knows • I cannot see why some one dont advise the man 
better things* Ho must be over 85 and so in his dotage. 
As Robinson says there is no* a genus that is not in sad need of 
a revision and this is particularly true of the Southern states, 
I find that there is still something to do in my lines and I see two 
new Isoetes from Hew England. Thejr are very unsatisfactory thihgs to 
study without fresh material • I am trying to grow them and if I suec 
eed I may be able to know something about them some time* 
Yours very truly* 
