Casa have to be compact, small enough to be carried up and down 
stairs, &e, and ought to be stout enough tc let the whol* thing be 
shipped in. them if occasion arises. I think that you had some 
drawings in ";B«t ami zing” similar to the cases that you made for your- 
own things, and I have referred Kaiser to that, in case there is a. 
copy of the book in the Univ. of Penn, library. But I know that 
you have also worked out a new arrangement for a lot of things in 
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the last year or two, some sort of a paper box- stand, affair. -« 
If you have the time to give a few of the details at some time, T 
shall be mighty glad to hear them. Some sort of a case ha.s’got 
to be devised soon. Kaiser is not able to make things himself, be- 
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ing no sort of a mechanic at all. Perhaps the simplest would be to 
have a box, with shelves made, or to put shelves in a big drv-goods 
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box, but even then there is the question of a door. Let me know- yuur 
opinion, and especially if you know anything about the metal cases It 
that the Cam. Bot Sup. Co gets out. 
Congratulate me. I have some ten days ago pauperized my- 
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self severely by purchasing the original issue of Austin: Musci 
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Appalachian!, (without the Supplement)' 450 specimens, from Austins 
widow, who lives here in the city. T paid |40, and think that it $ 
is wofcth it. She had a. set that she had apparently saved as a 
memento, and finally decided that she needed the money more. WT ithtb 
the volume, came the printed list of labels that was issued for the 
Supplement, ( the little pamphlet that so often comes on the market), 
and a copy of the Torr. Bull. Vol vii, No 1, with an article on mosees 
by C.F.Austin. Altogether I feel rather glad of having pauperized 
myself, - even if I don't know where next year's bread is coming 
from. I should have been down to see you all, this vacation, I 
