; The New York State College of forestry 
AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 
SAMUEL N. SPRING. DEAN 
January 20,1934. SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 
DEPARTMENT OF WOOD TECHNOLOGY 
H. P. BROWN, PH. D. 
C. C. FORSAITH, PH- D. 
W. M. HARLOW, PH-D. 
A. J. PANSHIN. PH. D. 
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Hr. W. E. Henderson, Director 
Botanic hardens, 
Singapore, Straits Settlement. 
Dear Mr, Henderson: 
I am certain of your name "because 1 recs.ll meeting 
you when I stopped off at Singapore? hut I am not certain of your 
initials; if I have these wrong, please accept my apology. 
Your letter No* 679/33 under date of the 7 th of December 
reached me this morning and it makes very good reading indeed that 
you are sending us 12 timber specimens and their authenticating 
herbarium material. You will be glad to know that the herbarium 
material which you serein this instance and which you have sent 
before will be placed on file in the herbarium of the New Y ork Botanical 
Garden. They have facilities there for looking after herbarium material 
and it has seemed best to us here to make that institution the repository 
for all herbarium material that we acquire here along with our wood speci¬ 
mens. As usual, the wood samples will be placed in our permanent; collection 
here and your institution will be credited with this cooperation. 
I believe in reciprocity and I am wondering if X can serve you 
professionally in any way. Are you receiving the publications oi this 
institution? For your information I enclose our latest list and would say 
that I shall be glad to send any of these which, perchance, prove of interest, 
I also note that timber specimens which you forwarded sometime back, 
No. 26175, labeled Adina rube scans should be numered 23134 and that it is 
Pasania lamponga var EwycO^ipides Gamble; I also understand, further that the 
herbarium material covering^Pasania species is in the parcel now sent and 
that you are sending a wood sample of Adina. rubescens to correspond with 
the herbarium material now in our possession. 
You will be glad to know that our collections are growing by leaps 
and bounds. This study of tropical woods proves very entrancing and I only 
wish that I had all of my time to devote to it. 
In appreciation of your cooperation, I remain 
Sincerely yours 
r) 
H. P, BROWN, 
Professor of Wood Technology. 
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