tlnfteb States Department of agriculture, 
Bureau of plant Untmstry. 
jfotest patbologg. 
Brown University, 
Provid ence, R. I. , Jan, 24, 1916. 
Prof. M. L. Fernald, 
Gray Herbarium, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Bear Pernald: 
I have just had an official inquiry from v/ashington asking 
if I knew of any bogs in Maine or New Hampshire v/here the common 
wild cranberry is regularly gathered in more or less abundance by 
people. I am not sure from the wording of the inouiry whether 
cultivated cranberry bogs are to be included as well as wild bogs. 
I am writing to inquire if you can recall any such places, and if 
so, would you kindly let me know their location. I do not exactly 
know why the inquiry is made, but it comes from Br. Shear's 
Assistant, and I presume it is in connection with their work of 
mapping the distribution of the commercial cranberry crop. 
For reply I enclose a frank envelope. 
Very truly, and with best wishes to all the folks, I am 
Forest Pathologist. 
jfc/gjc 
