I, J. fHAEKIIH CCiUHS, »t tb* City and County of Providence, 
in the State of Hhodo Island, hereby revoking all wills by aw at any time 
heretofore made, do make and deolare this as and fer my last will and 
testament, in mannor following, that is to sayi 
FIRST: 1 direct my executor hereinafter named to pay all my 
just debts, funeral expenses and the charges of settling my estate. 
SECONDi I give anu bequeath to my sister, Edith W. Jsocket, 
widow of the late George W. benches, of North Providence, -dieas Island, 
if living at the time of my death, all that she may desire of my personal 
effects, of every description, including wearing apparel and jewelry; my 
diaries from 188 ? to date, and all that she may desire of my books, pam¬ 
phlets and papers of which I may be possessed at the time of my death, 
to her for her own property, leaving it to her to dispose (or direct the 
disposition) of the same in such manner as she may see fit and she may deem 
would best ocnlorm te my wishes, 
1 also give, devise and oequeath to my sister, Edith V,. benches, 
all my right and interest in and to my burial lot situated in Riverside 
Cemetery, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 
THIRD: I give and bequeath te my brother, Carlos Collins, and 
to my niece, Edith blab el Collins, the sum of One Hundred Dollars (-,100) to 
each of them, if living at the time of my death. 
FOURTH: I give and bequeath my betanical specimens and other 
botanical records, etc., as follows; 
(1) To the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, all my botanical specimens of vascular plants (of little 
or no commercial value) including containers, in accordance with the pre¬ 
arranged verbal understanding that: (a) the New England Botanical Club, Inc 
of Boston, Massachusetts, shall be permitted to select such specimens as 
may be desired for its Club herbarium; (b) the Gray Herbarium shall next 
take such specimens as may be desired for its own herbarium; (o) the remain 
lag specimens to bo sortod and organiseds and a set of the Bhede Island 
specimens deposited in the Herbarium of Brown University, Providence, Rhode 
Island; (d) the remaining specimens ts be need by the Gray Herbarium fer 
well- 
Amerioan 
