February 16, 1-913 
46' Fope Street, 
Movidence, I.. I. 
Fear Chamberlain: 
the chestnuts. 
and Mtrlin. I 
or two. 
Thank you very much for the information about 
About the time I worte you I also wrote Horton, 
did not think of Bean, so will write Mm in a day 
Thank you also for the Jave offering, ana thank you very 
much for the information regarding Frorcrne. I don't know as 
it will oe : ossible to pull him away from Columbia, but the 
information regarding him make him look wood to me. There will 
be a Civil Service examination on Feb. 26 for an assistant Forest 
Pathologist. I do not know as this will complicate matters or 
not, if a rood any take it and pass. 
Am gradually getting things into the new laboratory. I now 
have two roll top desks, a typewriter, and a girl to run it. 
an Edinger drawing and projection apparatus made by Leitz, 
an auooclav, a paraffin bath, a Ilinot precision microtome, 
a feiss 6x binocular field glass, a Sony Prerao 4x3 camera 
with Zeiss Vila lens and automatic shutter, a Swift traveling 
microscope, a leitz binocular microscope (to be used primarily 
as a dissecting microscope), find a Zeiss IB microscope with large 
barrel, 5 eye-pieces, 4 objectives, paraboloid condenser, his 
beet large mechanical revolving stage, latest Abbe camera lueida, 
etc., etc., (cost duty free $325). dot it about a week or ten 
days ago. Come up and see it'.'. 
Cordially 
