THE SULL1VANT MOSS SOCIETY; THE BRYOLOGIST 
EDWARD B. CHAMBERLAIN, SECRETARY-TREASURER 
18 WEST 89th STREET 
NEW YORK CITY 
October 9th 1022, 
Dear Collins 
Thank, you for your card. I was pretty 
sure the package got there all tight- if I recall 
correctly 1 was a little slow about acknowledgeing 
it myself when you first sent me it, so I can't 
kick. 
I enclose a funny form of Polytrichum, purely 
a growth form I'm sure, that you may care to have, 
I have never noticed plants that were so strongly 
tufted at the top before. The poor thing evidently 
had a hard job to keep out of the way of the sand 
that was drifting about it. 
Coming down here this 
autumn I met two friedds of yours:- Miss Helen 
Piper of Damariscotta, and Mfcs. Will Collins of 
Portland, who was Miss Caroline Piper, Both 
wished to be very cordially remembered to you. 
Miss Helen is attending courses here at Teachers* 
College for the year. I have her address here, 
but so far have only succeeded in finding her ab¬ 
sent when ^ have called. There is not so much 
time for neighboring as there might be here, you 
know. 
The year is starting in well, 225 kids in 
school, which rs our high water mark. I shall 
have plenty to do, but shall not get too tremen¬ 
dously driven, I hope. The 20th tp 22nd I hope 
to get out to Bushkill Pa to see Bartram for a day 
or two. 
I'll send you a memo of the accenssion num¬ 
ber of that Polytrichum when I get to entering the 
brute in the book. There is a lot to do and thins 
like that get neglected. 
Kindest regards to you all. 
Cordially, n 
