Round Pond, Maine. 
July 22, 1920. 
Dear Collins 
I have just received your letter of 
the 7th relative to the matter of the Brotherus 
payment for the SMS dues. Some time ago Brotherus 
sent me a card stating that he had made arrangements 
with you to settle the matter of his dues in this 
way. At that time I sent you a memorandum to that 
effect and asked you to save any stamps for me that 
might "be on the package when it came. I 
also have in with him an order for the same fascicle 
as you have just received. The chack for the 
|1*60 may he sent me at Round Pond at any time. 
For the past three weeks I have been mostly 
out of the reach of mail, as far as having any 
letters forwarded. Beginning July 5th, I spent the 
time with Knowlton on one of his school book trips 
up in Vermont and back to Hingham. I met him at 
Greenfield, Mass., wnt from there to Brattleboro, 
and thence up the general trend of tha Conn, valley 
to Hartland, in across to Woodstock, Rochester, 
Royalton, Chelsea, Barre and Montpelier. From there 
to St Johnsbury and Newport. Then to Hyde park. 
Swanton, Burlington, Middlebury Rutland and over 
the mountains to Bellows Falls, Keane (N.H.) and 
home& It was a fine restful trip, though we did 
very little botanizing. One cannot MOSS when travel¬ 
ling at that rate, and Knowlton is rather too rapid 
a traveller in the field to allow of any collecting 
along the lines of our hobby. 
From now until Labor 
Day I expect to be right here with bells on, and 
busy about the place. Haying is about starting, 
being late as usual! Sending things down by 
express has proved a disastrous matter this year, 
and I am running rather short of things until I can 
get in touch with a laundr ess. All the folks 
are well,however, and things seem to be going on 
about as usual. When I mentioned getting a let¬ 
ter from you Henry wished me to include his kindest 
regards to you when I replied. 
I am right sorry that 
things have gone so badly with George and EdL&e. I 
really don't see how G. can stand the pace if he 
has to leave at the time you state. It is not so 
bad leaving home there summer mornings at 4. a.m. 
but what will it be in the winter when the running 
time is so much longer? I’m sorry to hear that 
