“Xnniteb States Department of Hgdculture, 
Bureau of plant fln&ustrg. 
468 Hope St., Providence, R. I. 
jporest lpatbologg. April 15 1915 
/mmummi 
Dr. B. L. Robinson, 
Gray Herbarium, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Dear Dr. Robinson:- 
I have five articles, as indicated below, 
ready for publication. I have permission from ?/ashington to 
publish in any regular scientific journal that I may select, 
provided they are acdepted. My first thought is Rhodora. 
I am under the impression however that Rhodora does not care 
for articles of this sort. My impression is based entirely upon 
the fact that I cannot recall any articles of this type that have 
appeared in the journal. I would like to submit the articles 
for inspection if you think it is worth while. Hollowing is a list 
of the articles, together with a brief statement of the size and 
character of each, 
1. "Marking trees in the field". 500 to 600 words. Describing 
methods which I have found most useful for marking trees which 
must be located for subsequent records from one to five years 
later. 
2. "Polishing sections of wood". 250 to 300 words. Apparatus 
and method of polishing wood sections in order to bring out 
the graining for photographing or for exhibition. 
3. "Cutting and trimming small blocks of wood". About 400 words. 
Trimming small blocks of wood without crushing the tissues, 
primarily for the purposes of imbedding prior to sectioning 
on a microtome. 
4. "Marking laboratory apparatus". About 500 words. Methods of 
marking for identification purposes iron,steel, glass, and 
nickel. 
5. "Culture transfer chamber". About 1200 words and one full 
page line illustration. Method of construction of a small 
culture chamber in which currents of air through cotton filters 
serve to remove spores and germs from the transfer compartment. 
