| 70Gray
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., October 12, 1885.
C. E. Bessey
DEAR SIR:
The coming 18th day of November marks Dr. Asa
Gray's seventy-fifth birthday. It seems a fitting time for
the botanists of North America to join in some token of their
esteem and good wishes for one who has done so much towards
the study and classification of the flowering plants and the
general advancement of the botany of this country. Many memorials
have been presented to Dr. Gray but most of them have come
from near and personal friends. The idea of this one originates
with those further away.
It is not decided what form this memorial will take, and we
should be glad to receive any suggestions. The intrinsic value
of it will, of course, be of least account in the eyes of the recipient;
its value will depend chiefly upon the number who unite in
the offering.
Will you join with other botanists in sending such a
token to Dr. Gray? If so, send at once whatever you wish
to contribute — 25c., 50c., $1, $5, any sum you please — to
Charles R. Barnes, 14 Buckingham St., Cambridge, Mass.,
who will return receipt if desired. Please also enclose your
card with some sentiment suitable to the day inscribed thereon.
This will accompany the gift.
In order that this matter may not reach the public prints be
kind enough to say nothing about it.
The time is very short; will you give this your immediate
attention and make a reply of some kind?
Sincerely yours,
J. C. ARTHUR,
C. R. BARNES,
J. M. COULTER. | 70Gray
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., October 12, 1885.
C. E. Bessey
DEAR SIR:
The coming 18th day of November marks Dr. Asa
Gray's seventy-fifth birthday. It seems a fitting time for
the botanists of North America to join in some token of their
esteem and good wishes for one who has done so much towards
the study and classification of the flowering plants and the
general advancement of the botany of this country. Many memorials
have been presented to Dr. Gray but most of them have come
from near and personal friends. The idea of this one originates
with those further away.
It is not decided what form this memorial will take, and we
should be glad to receive any suggestions. The intrinsic value
of it will, of course, be of least account in the eyes of the recipient;
its value will depend chiefly upon the number who unite in
the offering.
Will you join with other botanists in sending such a
token to Dr. Gray? If so, send at once whatever you wish
to contribute — 25c., 50c., $1, $5, any sum you please — to
Charles R. Barnes, 14 Buckingham St., Cambridge, Mass.,
who will return receipt if desired. Please also enclose your
card with some sentiment suitable to the day inscribed thereon.
This will accompany the gift.
In order that this matter may not reach the public prints be
kind enough to say nothing about it.
The time is very short; will you give this your immediate
attention and make a reply of some kind?
Sincerely yours,
J. C. ARTHUR,
C. R. BARNES,
J. M. COULTER. |
