468 Hope street, 
■Providence, 
14 Jan.'09 
Hear Chamberlain - 
I an sorry if you thought I sent thise mosses with 
any idea in nincl of blaming you foi the na ns. I naturally supposed 
that the man had supply sent in the name::; and they were published, 
; t i ©ours ' the: r M: mitl 
nor anyone nine v;ho knew anything about r.o'" or had ever named them. 
I wag really arcusod that tils attorney-at-law should have made the 
break, for, some years a mo, and also redeally, he has offered large 
CO. ■ I $ c 16 & ■ id - : ! - r. bs Of s&le and rc < hi n -;e. 
Those mosses were not pressed but simply collected in "hunbs” (about 
95 ;: dirt), rolled up in a or and j: owed a Into a box. I had to seal: 
out every packer (of the four sent) and press, in order to get any 
specimen :, I am now wonde ing if this is a fair sample of his method 
of naming: his lichens and flowering plants. 
At the time he sent these -mosses he also inclosed a list of mosses 
which he # offered in exchange, also statin; that he had 35B ,f species/? 
of lichens and 500 Speci? about no, 
for exchange, and would ’we glad to send list, etc. I declined 
entering into an exchange as I ''almndy Had all the mosses he .listed”. 
I also called hes attention to the wrongly named specimens. 
We have just had our first sue storm. It came like a bliazard 
last night but we have only 3 or 4 inches. ■ 
With regards to both of you from everybody here. 
Cordinlly, 
