The work planned continues studies ^ olnoady bog—i of the ancient liy... 
J&fr floras persisting onungla c i a t ed r eg ions, ■&& & Wr-i ng-«U rU--- 
of - Pt r -Lawi»gne e. The v ie rk already oh-ed ha$£greatly altered 
ooi^e^ptions of recent geological and ■ goo^raphi -c history of him northern 
&Sr e-. cnrw^ Coleman, »we* of—"the ■ g-reatact stud-egtr e rf 
Elgis fe oen o-^gaaljagy., taking his cue from these botanical results, says 
in his ”Pleistocene of Newfound la nd TT :”A11 available geological literature m 
th - s -eu b-j - ft ol has been consulted .. ^ , but it is most interesting to 
note that the most important work is by an eminent botanist, Professor 
Fernald of Harvard.His latest paper ... is full of interest to the 
geologist u a nd m u st he —tgrTown i -n i o l f. -W- ^ n-p u x|_n j_p+npg n9 T > 
Similarly > Ant eyes (”The last Glaciation”) , DoQglas Johnson ("Hew England- 
Acadian Shoreline”) and other j*oo e n ^ geologists and geographers are ac¬ 
cepting the conclusions drawn from my studies of the New¬ 
foundland flora. 
suits a - s -ar e -a - 3rroad -y . y gu.bli o ho 4 s i n rdf-eg- in- 
p n4r ..a,r e^ o f as great botanical a„g interest, 
iH-atrhat tha y .. ,& && throwing a clear light bn the rate of evolution of "** 53 = 3 %*- 
a&eriT* species. This interest in these results is shown by the 
facts, tJaat^Ln 1 ^_E8 the Pre sidential ad dress^ before the Royal Cociety of 
Canada : ifyby lullir "1r . iiiai 'wr s based largely upon them, and 
that h ho-ad - dros - p of the retiring President (L. H. Bailey of ' % 1 'hHI ) of 
the Botanical Society of America, at Hew York, also stressed them. 
It is my ambition to renew field work in this _ „ „ ^b - rr r f p r r * 
W-fi of fa-PTO'^ri mg d ians-UaP-ftiaa . JU44- 1 j ' *m\' ,'l jm 
& i-M± cr rdrt^-ertf Xt will be necessary to charter a good boat and skipper/and 
to have competent guides for work in the unmapped mountains. I should also 
need a trained assistant (already available) to. relieve me of much routine 
work. 
Estimated expenses, based on experience of 19E5 
