15 Brown St., Providence, Jan. 8, 1954 
Dear Femald: The package of film-negatives arrived safely 
today, xhe spots cn some of the negatives appear to degrease, 
fudging from appearance only. 
One of the Gaultheria flowers was examined today by Dr.A.M. 
Waterman, who succeeds me in charge of the Providence Office 
of forest Pathology. She has had ten or more years experience 
examining plants for fungus parasites. She is unable to locate 
any hyphae in the tissues of the persistent corolla or fruit, 
however, she does find the interior of the corolla filled with 
webs of some insect, although the only insect found was Satiny 
fly—which probably did not make the webs. The corolla shows ^ 
tiny crown spots which are very likely insect punctures 
If the other flowers show the same condition (only one : 
v,as dissected and boiled out, frozen and sectioned) it 
possible that tne insects caused, an abnormality and fai 
(to matureVphe corolla) and drop normally. This last is 
an unsupported surmise on my part. J.F.C* 
