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Cars leave Ninth and Green Streets, Philadelphia, every hour. Horse Cars connect with the cars in Germantown, direct to Upper Church Street. Horse Cars along Eighth Street, direct to Upper Church Street. Chestnut Hill Cars to Gorgas Lane Station, is ten minutes' walk from the Nursery.
Germantown Nurseries, Thomas Meehan, Proprietor. Office, Upper Church & Chew Sts., Germantown, Near Philadelphia.
Feby 28 1881
Dear Prof. Bessey,
I trust you will pardon me for hoping that you will not continue as in March no. of [?] Naturalist the Issue of Capitals in no specific names derived from proper [?] as the Zoologists are doing. I think my botanist will follow you, as I have frequently heard the Zoological practice deprecated in the least botanical circles. Of course a specific name is but an adjective, and in ordering grammatical construction we [?] commence an adjective with a capital. But [sic.] language is given for utility and rules should be governed by this law of
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usefulness. In ordinary language I know of no case where any thing [?] be gained by using a capital for an adjective, – but this is [sic.] not true of Botany. When we read A[?] c[?] v[?], we learn that it is the adjective with the hair of venus, but when it is A[?] C[?]-V[?], we also learn at the same time, that this was once a generic and proper name and that this accounts for its "double headed" character as Dr. Gray would say. In like manner [?] [?] [?] capitals [?] us from naming errors. [?] the [?] happened to
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Cars leave Ninth and Green Streets, Philadelphia, every hour. Horse Cars connect with the cars in Germantown, direct to Upper Church Street. Horse Cars along Eighth Street, direct to Upper Church Street. Chestnut Hill Cars to Gorgas Lane Station, is ten minutes' walk from the Nursery.
Germantown Nurseries, Thomas Meehan, Proprietor. Office, Upper Church & Chew Sts., Germantown, Near Philadelphia.
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meet with F[?] p[?], and in [?] [?] [?] [?] of the [?] [?] makes [?] [?], "from the flower being like the feathers of a peacock", when really the name was given in honor of Jose Pavon, as he would at once [?] but for the dropping of the capital – [?] P[?].
I am sure many such troubles will occur [?] on reflection from a following of the Zoological rules.
Of course this is not for publication, but for [your?] private [use?].
Sincerely yrs [?] [S.?] [Meehan?]
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Morse
Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, Mass., Apr. 13th 1881
My dear Sir.
Could you find it convenient to give six lectures on Physiological Botany this summer at our School?
[?] that possibly you [?] have contemplated a trip East this summer you [?] be willing to accept the small sum that we can offer you for this course, namely one hundrer dollars ($100). The lectures might be given in the course of two weeks commencing upon July 18th.
[?] you kindly answer within a week and [?] [?]
Yours very truly E[?] [J?]. Morse
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School of 1880.
Peabody Academy of Science, Summer School of Biology.
The fifth session of the Summer School of Biology will be held at the Museum of the Academy, beginning July 7th, and continuing six weeks.
The course of instruction will be designed expressly for teachers of the public and private schools. It will be elementary in its character, and will have a two-fold object: First, to present methods of teaching from actual specimens. Second, to give some idea of the methods of original investigation.
Special direction will be given to students in aiding them to make collections for use in their own schools, and collecting trips for this purpose will be made in the vicinity.
Instructors.
Physiological Botany. A course of six lectures by Prof. George L. Goodale, Harvard University.
Cryptogamic Botany. A course of four lectures by John Robinson.
Analytical Botany. Instruction by John H. Sears.
Anatomy and Physiology of Vertebrates. Lectures and laboratory work by Prof. H. H. Straight, Oswego Normal School.
Coelenterates. A course of six lectures by J. W. Fewkes, Museum of Comp., Zoology.
Entomology. Lectures and instruction by Charles Fish.
Invertebrate Animals. Lectures and instruction by Edward S. Morse.
The Museum of the Academy is within easy reach of the beaches and other collecting grounds.
The class will be limited to twenty-four, and preference will be given to the teachers of Essex County, Mass. Thirty-five additional tickets will be issued to those who wish to attend the lectures only. Lectures and laboratory instruction will be limited to the forenoon, so that students living in the county may return to their homes at an early hour. The Laboratory will be open in the afternoon for those wishing to continue their work. It is desireable that students should bring their microscopes with them. Applicants should send in their names on or before the 10th of June if possible. Full name, profession, and schools which they have taught, should accompany each application. Students Ticket, $10,000. Ticket to Lectures only $5.00 Edward S. Morse, Salem, Mass.