42 Shepard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 
1 December, 1902. 
Dear Mr. Collins: 
The drawings are very satisfactory, especially the side views of the fruits 
They are very clear and show the characters excellently, the lines are black 
and will reproduce well, and lastly you have succeeded in giving the objects 
the proper look of having three dimensions. Of the cross-sections I like the 
unshaded one of Daucus the best, and next to it the section of Cicuta in which 
you have used only dot shading. My only suggestions are that you endeavor to 
make contour lines just as even as you can. I know quite well from experience 
how hard it is to get them really even in pen and ink work. In dot shading I 
think it would give an additional finish to the drawing to make the dots quite 
round, no matter how small they are. 
I am glad you are coming to the next meeting of the Club as I should like to 
arrange with you the details of your work for us. Please think the matter over 
and let me know then at what rate you would be willing to make drawings of this 
general type. 
Kindest regards to yourself and to the Doctor of Laws. 
Sincerely yours, 
Mr. JJ& P. Collins. 
P. S. — I should be very glad to see the specimen of Scandix, altough I do 
not doubt the accuracy of your identification. I see you reported the species in 
the first volume of Rhodora, but that Mr. Deane seems to have overlooked your 
report as he does not mention the occerence of the species in New England. 
