404 Pest 115 St. New York City. 
Dec.4, 1910. 
pure and 
letter 
of the 
through 
Dear Collins:- 
. J first part of this is a business latter 
from 1 Pr of b °Pr vp h ? B r yolo S ist - doubtless received'a 
f . of * ir y e laet summer about the possible taking over 
magazine by the University of Washington. That plan flu 
on account of adverse action by the regents of the'University t 
is as follows. a l0nE talk with Mrs - Sralth the purport of which 
_ . . Y ? u know that the magazine has not really been a 
Ss imnSTrse??’ an n P Et S 1 the aeflalt •». boen^ed by 
rs * he rself. During the past thirteen veers this has 
?Ss n means 0 tbe a f of late it has decreased somewhat 
inis means the total deficit of course. 
on account of the accident to her arm last 
she cannot longer carry on the publication 
Hence, when the proposition came up about 
she welcomed it with open arms. The idea 
was to assume financual responsibility for u aii < 
S ° cifet y on the old lines and still having 
thG official organ. None of us are willing that 
On this account, and 
year, Mrs S. feels that 
of the magazine. 
Prof Prye some year ago, 
was that the University 
it all, continuing the 
the magazine 
the whole 
§hf° IS 8maSh ” OW > if U 18 Possible to avoid it. 
M ? le " *he news came the action of the regents of the U of w 
Mrs S had some talk with the New York Garden people? butDr 
Britton, whose word is law there, said positively that the onlv r 
the change on name to Bryologia, the s^veriny 
price to ?? Wlth th ? M ° BS Society ’ and the increase of the ° 
seemed absolutely^mpossSL. f&Ct ^ naTDed C ° ndltions thBt 
contPol^^he^SagPzIne'L^eBteTl^rgXhorsl^^^oifibr 8 
SZm r 1 ; 1 .l spmslbiuty ' ln that the bills be m»t 
L the total deficit being apportioned equably at the 
cash needed^for*th Ea ° h ° n + 2 f tllese H persons is to advance the 
cSSnS at tho Lh % P ?r en r ° ne l8BUe » the reimbursement 
are all in ? n J °L L y9ar ’, when the subscriptions and such 
ni no 1 ’■ J ’ the caBh cotI,eB In in driblets, while the 
dollars 0136 Ss^Brltt Th ? avera £ e cost per number is about *5 
; ^ ; . rB ;, fritton Will sponsor one number, Mrs. Smith another 
Lurtt t ‘£. a ei?ir 4 f 1 ,T n ; M ”- to write Dr.’Kennedy about a ’ 
and prehaus nr r ? 8 '^ S Haynes n111 ais o contribute, 
3 Prehaps Dr. Evans. It is also proposed to raise the price 
f the magazine to 1.25 with chapter dues at 1f$f l.gn thus 
trying t° do away with the deficit to some extent. Thor/is also 
a condiderabie source of income now from the sale of the back nub 
the ^agazine^if^fLrsansf^tomr^bSt 0 ^ 1116 ° f 
FBm&ininxr 1 b tbnt nf ^ * but t/ho cruel8.1 Tnnttor 
attend’ SS ‘° 
publication and other things, and all feel that thit person should 
