UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
' H0L0QY Brown University, 
Providence, h. I., 
May 9, 1925. 
Professor M. L. Fernald, 
Gray Herbarium, 
Cambridge, Mass. 
Dear Fernald: 
I received your letter this morning. I had made no purchase 
for the trip so the field is clear for your present plan. As I 
understand the matter now I am to get my tent, pack harness and 
perhaps some items of bedding (perhaps sleeping bag and blankets) 
up to the Herbarium by the first of June so that they can go with the 
general shipment. If this is not as you understand it please let me 
know. 
I thought of compass and aneroid very soon after I left the 
conference at the Herbarium and made a memorandum of them. Just at 
present I am unable to locate the aneroid. I have probably put it 
away in a safe place but I hope it will come to light soon,at least 
by the time I get somewhat straightened out after moving, which I 
hope will be early in June. 
Sincerely, 
J. FBAHKLIH COLLIDS, 
J fXl 
pathologist. 
JPG/EBB 
