Dec. El, 1908 
Mr « :., if. Ho w6 , <7 r • 
Hdddlesex debool, 
Concord, Hass. 
'■'7 dear Hr. Howe 
i have just received a :êcond communication Iron 
'" T ‘ t:: rcyn.r,, to ,/ - : an ; osirr to borrow our speciir.ons ^3 Usnesa 
xOj. ,>uu.o.,... i j.iavo j zoo x spondee. before this because a iiian from 
anothou institution is coming here thin nodi to study our lichens. 
As tills visit was arranged so: .c jjJ&rr-e weeds ago I did not feel that 
I could conscientiously sf>nd off nart of the group which he was com- 
inp: to see until I heard from him. I thought ,if he set a date for 
the latte-' part of the wool:, or he ns I could pet the eocciners off 
to you and hack again before ho or ne. I am non; informed that he 
wi J : do ne ' 0 tomorrow. I do not knor/ how lory he intends to stay, 
but presume it will be only a day. If he intends to stay longer 
I will have him do his work on Usnea first, if convenient, so that I 
can send them on to you by the newt day of the latest. 
i am a ira id wo do not have many that will be of interest as fir. 
Dennett’s lichens mostly wont to another institution. V/ould you 
care oo son otnor s oci xn; of Jsroa later fr oir. elsewhere an 
fro:, Craspc r I trifck I may have some few fro:: that region though 
I did not make a special point of collecting lichens up there. 
Vd £ rnly :;our 
