3 Sept. 1908. 
De r .r. Floyd: 
1 readied home this evening after an absence of 
seven weeks and found your letter of the early part of the proseat 
week awe itinf me. 3 slauld be very giad to get such mosses as 
yo have an opportunity to eolbeet t is fall on your edeotrl. a 
here 3 ( 1 ' be fc re: 
mens, and I hoj.e you will not feel under any obligation to collect 
if it ir goIny to cause you any inconvenience or unnecess- ry trouble 
to ho so. I shall be glad to refund postage if you will keep 
a mo .or. ..dr • and let vie kno’' la tea-. You .robabl- tor-,.; that if 
the mosses are sent before be inf full; dried they can be sent as 
"living plants” at the rate of for £ ounces, or one half the 
rate for dried plants. 
I arc home only for n day or two, and in about a Week expect 
to go to ’nine for a week or ten days. 
I "lr'- you a very pie sant and profitable trip. bly summer 
so far has been spent in jumping about over various portions of 
every sir to which borders on the All . otic ■coan, from Yassachuseits 
to llorth: Carolina, and before the vacation is over I expect to 
adci ,c, HampsI Ire, aine and 1 t japs fe runs lek he list. 
tohanktoto you for your kind offer in recard to collecting 
the mosses I remain as ever 
Very truly ydtirs, 
