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na il to prevent the Gray Herbarium being brought down t 
into a group which was intended, purely for"scientific” 
work, i.e. physiology. These two, Crozier and Wheeler, 
are the obstructionists and more gossip is that Parker 
had given the former :T thunder" and told him that he 
was making himself more and more hated by this attitude. 
The real powers seem to be Barbour (with iimes as a 
weak understudy) and Parker. The two former told me 
to write you that under no circumstances would they 
let the Gray Herbarium give up its present quarters 
unless it was to receive something infinitely better 
and thoroughly satisfactory, “that they will fight to 
the last ditch to see that the Gray Herbarium gets 
its full dues.'' Altogether, the meeting was cordial 
and I was much gratified with the spirit, and without 
committing the Herbarium in any way, gave mnes a 
paper upon which we had figured out this morning 
the present ground space occupied, with the sugges¬ 
tion that we should certainly need 60 to 100^ more 
space, an estimate with which they heartily concurred. 
I imagine nothing definite will happen for a while, 
and it is clear that/^ve really do not want to move 
we can have an earnest advocate in Grozier. 
Everything at the Herbarium is going smoothly 
and lots of monographs are feeing prepared. Some one 
is typing descriptions or keys most of the time. I am 
just sending the makeup of the August Rhodora, includ¬ 
ing the fixytropis revision with five of Collins’ photo¬ 
graphs showing new species. The June number is not 
yet out, owing to Rich's dumbness. Three times I have 
telephoned him to find its date of issue and each time 
he has stated that he is holding it because he supposes 
that the July number will be along soon, and each time 
I have urged him to get it out at once, since it is 
already six weeks late. I just had another session with 
him over the phone and I think I got the idea across 
that the notice of the Josselyn meeting to begin on 
July 17 will be too late to be of any use. 
I trust that everything goes satisfactorily with 
you and Mrs. Robinson. With kind regards to you both 
from all here. 
Very sincerely yours, 
P.S. Mrs. Wentworth, who is working on Rynchospora 
this summer,makes a satisfactory substitute for Mrs. 
Godbeer. 
