468 Hope Street, 
Providence, R.I. 
Oet. 21, 1911 
Mr. C. Kingman, 
11 Lowell St., 
Reading Maes. 
My dear Mr. Kingman:- 
Since your letter name I have been 
having a vacation, and otly this evening have I hat 
a chance to look at your moss. Itis Polytrichum junip ¬ 
er inure filld. 
I was very sorry to "be unable to get to the last 
Hew England Botanical Club meeting. I tried my best to 
get there biit the nearest I could get to Boston that 
evening was Mew York City. 
I shall be very glad to see the Polytrichacese 
that you speak of, particularly the forms of PI commune 
from Massachusetts. 
Very truly yours, 
