PLEASE ADDRESS ALL 
CORRESPONDENCE TO THE DIRECTOR 
AND NOT TO INDIVIDUALS 
DEPARTMENT OF MINES 
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
R. W. BROCK, Director. 
OTTAWA 
16th January, 1914 
Dear Dr. Fernald:- 
I have just received your letter of January 
14th and must answer at once to the extent of saying that,so 
far as I am personally concerned,there is no botanist anywhere 
whom I would rather see permanently located at Ottawa and I can 
see nothing in the v/ay of this being brought about but the matter 
of salary. Mr. Brock came home two days ago but has been and 
still is busy with his new duties as Deputy Minister so that I 
have not yet had any opportunity of speaking to him about botani¬ 
cal assistance. After I have talked with him I think the best 
way would be for me to go down to Cambridge and talk the whole 
matter over with you as correspondence is rather unsatisfactory. 
I can only repeat again that if any effort of mine can bring about 
your coming to Ottawa you will certainly be here some time, 
. M. L. Fernald, ^ours sincerely. 
Gray herbarium, 
Cambridge, 
Mas s., U.S.A 
Curator of the Herbarium 
