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do not know of its quality. Lewiston would 
present very little of interst, I fear, though 
Bean is going to look into the region. There 
are more chances, now, than formerly, with the 
electric connection to Bath, Portland, Gardiner 
and Augusta, as well as Mechanics Falls and 
Turner. About Bethel, I do not know anything. 
I shall ask Merrill to stats his case. 
You see, I have been put in as President, ovn 
my protest, and shall have to do a little deci¬ 
ding. I don't think there is any surety; 
of my being present at all. 
Just now, I a being in all sorts 
of Hot 'Water over the July and Sept Bryologies 
You see, I have taken over the editorial end 
for Septemberin full, and when the July issue 
failed to appear, wrote to see about it. 
I found that the page proofs had been sent to 
Pittsburg, while Jennings had gone to Lake 
Superior, thinking the proof would be sent 
5 Aug. 1914. 
Dear Collins:- 
I have your card of the 4th, 
and will attend to the matter of the Bulletins 
as soon as possible. For some days I have 
been on the point of writing you, and telling 
something about the meeting of the J.B.S. 
at Van Buren. There was really a good atten¬ 
dance, 18, and a little enthusiasm. Van B. 
is not a very interesting place, botanically, 
as the region has been well cut over,has been 
devoted to potatoes, oats, and clover to a 
large extent, and the river banks are full of 
sawdust, waste lumber, and mud. They are 
vary narrow as compared with either Ft. Kent 
or Ft. Fairfield, and do not offord the best 
of collecting. Quite a few of the party 
went to Grand Falls N.Br. for a day, and there 
got a large number of the typically Aroostook 
lime things. There are even no good swamps 
