UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
FOREST PATHOLOGY 
Brown University, 
Providence, E. I., 
Hay 22, 1924. 
Professor M. L. Feraald, 
Gray Herbarium, 
Cambridge, Hass. 
Dear Femaldj 
I enclose two prints of 195-9. Probably the darker one will be better 
for reproduction as the half tone process always tones down the contrast. 
Unfortunately the entire film from which this negative was made was badly 
defective as you will see by the pencil-like scratches thru the sky and 
lighter portions of the distance. I am not sure but the maker of the half 
tone can rectify this to some extent at some stage in the process, but I 
cannot say. However, even with the scratched sky the portion which you 
wish to emphasize, I think, will come out in pretty good shape. 
Hext time I se« you I want to talk over with you the possibility of 
your having a candidate or two to work on scouting for resistant chestnut 
trees in Hew England and the Horth Atlantic states. Ihe principal qualifica¬ 
tions will be a good knowledge of the chestnut and its allies, willingness 
to work and physical ability to stand long days’ tramps if necessary. 
Whether the work develops or not will depend upon the fate of an appropria¬ 
tion which is now included in the Agricultural Bill before Congress. 
