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as gathered mud and all, upon a piece of paper - put this into a dish and cover about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch deep with water, exposed to the light they will crawl out of the mud and form a circle of rays on the paper -, and by the way they make excellent objects to compare micrometers with, as they vary in size less than the [?]. I have been able in this way to get the small difference which exists between Mr. [?'s] micrometer and mine.
I am now thoroughly satisfied that Iowa will [furnish?] to future collectors the most varied Alga harvest. I have found so many species in my [?] area that I am sure the whole state must be richer there.
Yours Truly [C.?] [N.?] [Hobby?]
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State Mus. Nat. Hist Albany N.Y. Feb. 1880
My Dear Sir;
The AEciduium you send is what I have called AE. Oenotherae Pls. I never found AEciduium on Epilobrium leaves, but have specimens on leaves of OE. brieunis which answers the description so well that I regard it as AE. Epilobis. The peredia are not on spots in clusters but are scattered over the whole lower surface and are without spot and have such a different habit and aspect that I can but regard the two as distinct. I never saw intermediate forms.
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I send you a copy of the 31st Report. My duplicates of the 28th are all and of the 29th nearly all. I think if you will apply for these to the Secretary of the Board of Regents of the University, Albany N.Y. you will be able to get them.
I do not know where Ravenels Fungi Exsiccalt is to be had. Have you applied to Ravenel himself.
Very Truly Yours Charles H. Peck.