468 lops atroot, 
Providence, R. i, 
December 23 1314- 
Dear Charaberlaia:- 
If present plaaa arc not altered I expect to 
start soon after the lew Tear for a southern trip, going to 
Jacksonville t Florida,via Ailmi agto. 1 , D.C., Charleston, 5.0,, 
(Jacksonville} 
August® and Savannah, 3®. from thereto Gaines villa. I’la. 
probably to DeaopoUs, Ala,, (also labileL I my go also to 
Biloxi and Pass Christian, Miss,, lov Orleans, Yicfcsburg, 
Memphis, and back across the mountains to Asheville. IMS. and 
to tassington. I sm going- to look: up the condition of the 
©raiment®1 and shade trees, especially in connection with the 
mistletoe pest*, thee© plans aro merely tentative at the present 
tine and my be considerably altered when the time comes, 
During my absence all rail that ought to get to r«© before my 
return should be addressed to n c/o Forest Pathology, Bureau of 
Plant Industry, Washington. D, I shall keep the office 
posted "by wire of my whereabouts every too or three fays, 
1 fully azy-oct to be back in Providence agni-i by the 12th 
of Mobruary and to 3®o you here r:fc that time, but it oerorr. to 
mo that if you have not yet mde plans to go el 3 @wfe.ere on the 
Washington* s Birthday vacation you night want to shift your 
Providence trip to that date, as that would bo surer of catching 
so here. However, I think the 12th is fairly safe,. If I find I 
cannot got back by the 12th I will expect to- so irfern ■yon. as soon 
as I loior of the fact, 
i was pretty well^under the weathermen Xmas day with eoM, but 
.as much better now. You are one of the few to whom I dare to 
