THE SULLIVANT MOSS SOCIETY ; THE BRYOLOGIST 
EDWARD B. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary-Treasurer 
18 WEST 89th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
March 7, 1920 
Professor J. F. Collins, 
468 Hope Street, 
Providence, R. I. 
Dear Collins:- 
Thank you very much for your letter of the 28th. 
I am right sorry indeed to hear that Edie and Fred are neither 
of them very well and hope that it is only some minor ail¬ 
ment, as the usual cold, or as in the case of my own boys, 
having eaten too much of Sunday's dinner. 
I do not know the exact date when I shall be in 
Providence. Vacation here begins the last Friday of March, 
and I had planned to leave here the following Wednesday or 
if possible spend one day in Providence, get a day in Boston, 
attend the club meeting in the evening and spend the Satur¬ 
day following with the Knowlton's, getting back here Sunday 
morning. I know exactly how you and your father are situated 
and I shouldn't feel like imposing on you by staying over 
night. It occurs to me that I might come down on the sleeper 
from here, spend the day with you and go on to Boston on one 
of the late trains in the evening, so as to be there bright 
and early in the morning. I have to run around the city 
quite a little bit during the day and see a number of people. 
Possibly it might take me two days there to fill in everything. 
There is very little new here to write. I am finding more 
work to do than I can conveniently wish. Consequently, a 
whole lot of things are going into the discard. I am getting 
so that I am keeping two boxes on my desk for letters: one 
for those which have to be answered, the other for those which 
answer themselves. 
With the kindest regards to all of yoii. 
Sincerely yours. 
