The New York State College of Forestry 
at Syracuse University 
HUGH P. BAKER, DEAN 
DEPARTMENT OF WOOD TECHNOLOGY 
H. P. BROWN, PH. D. 
C. C, FORSAITH, 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. 
November 25 » 1931 
Mr. R. Henderson 
Curator of the Herbarium 
Botanical Garden 
Singapore, Strait Settlements 
My dear Mr. Henderson: 
In further continuation of my letter to you under 
date of October 22, please be advised that I am in safe receipt of the 
23 wood samples backed by authentic herbarium material from identical 
trees. This is a very valuable collection from our standpoint and I 
certainly am greatly obliged to you for providing us with this material. 
It will become a part of our permanent collections here in the College 
and will be used in the years to come, I assure you. 
I am going to guess that you have very little reliable 
information as to the activities of this institution. Our teaching 
staff here numbers about 40 and our registration is about 33° students. 
We have one large building at the present time and another $500,000 
building will be ready for occupancy on September 1 of next year. Our 
graduate students number 30 odd at the present time so you see we are 
devoting some attention to graduate work as well as to undergraduate 
teaching. For your information I enclose one of our recent publications 
which is in the nature of a picture book but which may prove of interest. 
I trust you will retain my name upon your mailing list 
and that you will be able to favor me from time to time with additional 
shipments of material. I certainly appreciate this srfendid cooperation 
upon your part. Meanwhile, if I can be of service to you professionally 
or otherwise, do not hesitate to call upon me* 
Professor of Wood Technology. 
HPB 0*H 
