Jan' 3, 1910, 
Mrs. IVI.Britton, 
Hew York Botanical Garden, 
liew York City,. 
!y dear krs, Britton :«* 
Your letter cane several' weeks aro in trie 
iBixrst of a Brash" season with me, and as a result it was mislaid 
or overlooked until recently. It was then so near the Boston 
meeting of the A. A. A. 3. that I concluded to nee you there. 
At the latter place it almost seems, as I now look hack upon it, 
as if we had mutually agreed to nersiste tly dodre each other; at 
least we could not have succeeded hotter if we had. I was extreme¬ 
ly sorry not to attend the /ullivant Society meeting, hut I was 
Obliged to he elsewhere that afternoon. I went around to the Bat. 
Hist. rooms in the a.m. hoping to see you then. I also looked for 
you at several other meetings in Boston. 
He\lying to your questions in the letter I would say that x have 
heon working on Polytrichum whenever a little time As available. 
From our correspondence of some three years ago I understooa ^nat 
I was expected to do the Polytrrchaceae for the iT. A.llora, and ha\e 
slowly been working along those $ lines, though for tr.e past cn.o 
years I have not found very uch time for this particular work. 
I judge from your letter that there is some misunderstanding in 
regard to the matter. Please let me know. 
I called at the Garden last sum. er and also in ’08 to see you, 
I saw Brs.l3urri.il, Rydberg, and.Andrews last•dimmer and Hr, small 
in ' 08. If I had known any ahead of &cr time that I could have 
visited the Garden I should have written you, hut as it was I had 
to take ay chances of finding you. 
Very truly yours. 
