(Sra\> Iberbanum 
Ibarvarb ^University 
B. L. ROBINSON, Curator, 
Asa Gray Prof. Syst. Bot. 
M. L. FERNALD, 
Fisher Prof. Nat. Hist. (Bot.) 
J. F. MACBRIDE, Assistant 
MARY A. DAY, Librarian 
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. 
Jan. 4, 1916, 
Mr. C. A. 7/eatherby, 
East Hartford, Conn. 
Hear Mr. leatherby: 
You will soon receive from Hr. dobinson a galley proof of the Puccinellia 
paper and I hope you will not hesitate to make any alterationsparticular¬ 
ly in the Latin descriptions.which you wish for you know my Latin is an 
entirely drummed up affair, and always has to be corrected. The plates 
illustrating the group may not get around for some days but I have asked 
Dr, dob i.nson to send you a copy of them^for it is possible that the paper 
will have to come out before I see the proof, since I am suddenly called 
to Maine by the critical illness of my father, and of course, cannot tell 
when I shall come back. The citations and page references have all been 
carefully verified so that there is no reason with ordinary care in proof 
reading with the copy, which will be done here, why the paper should not 
go along even if I do not see it again. 
,/iegand is here for two or three weeks and we are deep in Cerastium which 
especially in the Eorth / is a hopeless jumble, from which,however we see a 
way out by recognizing in the northern regions abort thirty species and 
varieties of perennial plants. Most of these reappear in the old world and 
you c%n imagine our difficulty in trying to get the correct names. 
Hictated to H1.IB 
TTf ,-rn 
