The New York State College of Forestry 
at Syracuse University 
i HUGH P. BAKER, DEAN 
J ; 
DEPARTMENT OF WOOD TECHNOLOGY 
H. F. BROWN, PH. D. 
C. C. FORSA1TH, PH. D, 
W. M. HARLOW, PH. D. 
A. J. PANSHIN, M. S. 
C. H. CARPENTER. B. S. 
H. O. GEORGE, B. S. 
R. A. COCKRELL, B. S. 
SYRACUSE, N. Y. 
Oct.22,I93I. 
Mr. R. Henderson, 
Curator of the Herbarium, 
Botanical Gardens, 
Singapore, Straits Settlements* 
Dear Mr. Henderson: 
Permit me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter 5OI/3X 
under date of September 17*1931* 
Heed I say that I am greatly pleased at the news that you 
are sending’ another hatch of 23 wood specimens hacked hy authentic 
herbarium material from identical trees. I assure you that this 
authentic material will prove extremely valuable for our collection 
here and I shall see that you are given due credit for this cooperation. 
You will he glad to know that I have finally completed my share 
of the manuscript of a Manual of Indian Timbers. This was a work which I 
had in course of preparation as joint author with Mr. R. S. Pearson, formerly 
of the Forest Research Institute of Dehra Dun, India, and now Director of 
the Forest Products Laboratory at Princes Rishorough, England. This text 
will appear through the Clarendon Press at Oxford sometime during the late 
fall or early winter and will run to at least two volumes. In due time I 
shall look forward to a comment from you as to whether the hooks proves to 
he a real addition to the forestry literature of the Orient. 
I am wondering what I can do to repay you for your cooperation. 
Please find enclosed a list of the publications of this College. Should 
any of these prove of interest I should he glad to see that they are forwarded 
to you, providing they are still available for distribution. 
I hope too that you will find a way sometime to visit this country. 
I certainly enjoyed my sojoxirn in the Orient and appreciated the many courtesies 
which were extended to me wherever I came in contact with scientii ic men. 
Haturally I feel obligated and would like nothing better than to be able to retur 
some of these here in the U. S. A. 
Trusting to hear from you from time to time, I remain 
EPB R 
Professor of Wood Technology. 
Enel. 
