UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, 
Botanical Laboratory, 
CHARLES R. BARNES, Professor of Botany. 
madison, wis., u. s. a. Jan. 29.1889. 
J. Franklin Collins, 
10 Carroll st.,Providence,R.I. 
My dear sir:-- 
I fear that you have ere this given up all hope of hearing 
from me regarding the mosses you sent me long ago for naming. I look¬ 
ed over about half of them last summer,and was then compelled to defer 
the study of the rest by the receipt of more urgent collections. A 
few days ago I finished all but some of the Hypna. Now I devote 
all my spare time to elaborating a collection by Dr. R&ll along the 
line of the Northern Pacific for the herbarium of the National(German) 
School of Forestry at Zftschen. As this work will take several months 
I will not delay sending the names of those I have determined,and re¬ 
turning specimens of those which I have not yet examined. 
' / 'i2.Bartramia OEderi,Swartz. 
v<L3.Bartramia pomiformis ,Hedw. 
W14.Desmatodon obtusifolius,Sch. 
^ 15 .Dicranun f lagCtlare Jledw. 
WL6 .Hypnum Schreberi ,Willd. 
V/ 17.— — 
i/18.------- 
\^19.Ceratodon pur$ureus ,Brid. 
i/20,Bryum cae spit die ium,L. 
>^21. D icrane 11a ce fv icu lata, Sch. 
\/22. Hypnum recognitum,Hedw. 
*W23.Ceratodon purpureus,Brid. 
^ 24 .- 
M25.Bryuu argenteum,L. 
V'26.Nlota Ludwigii ,Brid. 
/ 27.Leptotrichum tortile ,M& 11. 
\r SS.Dicranella heteromalla ,Sch. 
v- 29. -- 
*''30. ---- 
\r31.Dicranum fuscescens ,Turn. 
var.longirostre , Set-imp. 
The best find is the Dicrane11a cerviculata. Most of the rest are 
common. Unstudied specimens are enclosed. Regretting the delay,and 't 
the necessity of leaving the work unfinished,! remain, 
Very truly yours, 
