468 Hope -Street, 
Providence, E.I. 
15 Oct. 1911 
My dear Mrs. Britton 
I have "been out of town most of the time 
since June, and for this reason, probably, your letter of the 
25th of Juljr failed to reach me until I returned to Providdnce 
a few days ago. 
You probably know before this that I have resigned my 
position in Brown University in order to accept a position in the 
Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington. My permanent address 
will be,as heretofore, the Providence address given at the top of 
this sheet, although in the summertime I expect to be in the field 
most of the time. For this reason the chances of my being able to 
arrange to take one of the scholarships that you mention are not 
very favorable, though by no means out of the question, so far as 
I can see now. 
I am still following up the Polytricha as my avocation, 
and I am hoping that I shall have more time for the work when I 
am in Providence than I have had for several years past; it 
could not very well be less. 
Hoping you have had a pleasant and profitable summer, 
I remain very truly, 
I was in lew York some little time ago. As ray time was rather 
limited and I was told that you were in Europe, I did not attempt 
to get up to the garden. 
