(Sra\> Iberbarium 
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. 25, 1916. 
Mr. C. A. Weatherly, 
East Hartford, Ct. 
My dear 'Weatherly: 
Thank yon for note of sympathy which found me In led with the grip 
from which I am only just recovering enough to work a few hours a day, 
although the miserable disease has left me remarkably weak and ineffec¬ 
tive. 
I am heartily glad that you could take a hand with the Puccinellia 
paper for it was still in pretty crude condition and the Latin was too 
obviously a first draft which I had not checked in any way. It was a 
singular lapse to treat the specific names as masculine. I was glad of 
your suggestions, all of which greatly improved the finish of the paper. 
I hope you can clean up the probable new species in the West, and I have 
greatly appreciated having your cooperation in working on this problem, 
and hope that when you feel like it you will be ready to do the lion’s 
share in cleaning up the Pteris problem and perhaps some others in which 
you may feel an interest. 
I have work started but unfinished on many groups which are quite 
as involved as Puccinellia : 1)esc 11aiapsia, fiubus idceus, Cerastium arvensfee . 
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Ranunculus aquatilts, Campanula rotundifolia, etc., and any help in 
cleaning up these messes which until cleared are stumbling blocks in 
