CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
LINCOLN, NEBR., Sept. 26, 1890.
Mrs. E. G. Britton:
I must beg your pardon for not replying to your
letter of September 13 earlier, but you know that in addition to my
duties as professor here, I have also the executive duties to dis-
charge, being Acting Chancellor of the University. We are now open-
ing our year, and the many calls upon me have prevented my giving ear-
lier attention to your letter.
I am very glad to learn that you are bringing out a new manual
of the Mosses. I am very sure that it will be a great improvement
upon the old one (which was old before it was published- old fashioned,
at least). I will be glad to render and aid that I may be able to.
My study of the Mosses has not been as profound as I could wish, but
I have a good collection, and a considerable library. I am much
obliged to you for the little packet of specimens. I have been so
bust that, wonderful as it may seem, I have not had time to open it
and look it over. That I will do as soon as I can have a little time
to myself. I will certainly be glad to co-operate in furnishing
you with specimens from this wester region. I hope that you will
not push the work too rapidly, for our State is so large that we have
just begun to get an accurate knowledge of its flora.
