lo3d, St. N.Y 
p i t y . 
2o2 'Vp, 3 ' 
Dec. ]Oth, 1-B9B. 
Dear r 'r. n nil ins, 
You-- lot'er of 1.]or-. 4th of ”ov. has re¬ 
mains d ■ 1 cTw g unanswered. ] have been busy' with a c 3. a s s fi X s fall, 
and v?,; did not nov - up to winter quarters n(ar th-. barium until 
lust week, too late, because we were, caught in those two dreadful 
storms. ]t toe ms to me that if 1 over get settled again mar the 
collo-c*. ions, 1 never wa nt to novo again./his 1 hope will be so n. 
1 an up at the herbarium now Often and wil l send •• on with this a 
bit of ’hiilira, -h strut am and **. ruglciim, It sea'Bls to trie that dt hay, 
both on -pur si ides, b- c|H(se one leaf has hi cell along the vein 
and other has not. rostratum has them twice as 1 arge along the 
vein; on t )u-. other ham^ /*¥. ro stratum has not the cells in dibar- 
"ing rows and .pig i cum has, ( Sere one of go u •• slides,)^! rostra- 
turn has the cel ly*eol lenot; ^nat i(l \ . g* th icleaned at th- -n gles , 
T,; h rugteum has not 7 . ] e-ill enclose Euro|i£an specimens of both, art 
an A merican too. 
hr. ’rout has been, asking mo to write to you and ask you to fake 
the presidency of th.- Sullivant botanical n h-.tpter, but 1 declined 
as i knew . ou had very little time to devote to the mosses and we. 
nt all you have for critical and advanced work Q o do nt take it. 
amiss, m; rofuvsal. 
