page [1] 28 Jan 1900 (seq. 2)

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Cambridge, Mass.
1900
Jan. 28

A clear, cold, crisp, bright morning, mercury 24° {degrees}
at 8 o'clock. Cloudy warmer P.M. Light snow in the
evening. There has been scarcely any snow on
the ground all winter.

Since my return from the A.O.U. meeting
last Nov. 18, the days have slipped by quickly.
My daily work at the Museum has kept me
busily occupied all the time. My regular
evening engagements are the Nuttall Club
on the 1st & 3d Mondays of each month, the
New England Botanical Club, on the 1st Frid.
of each month, and the Shakespeare Club
every two weeks. The months from June to
Nov. mark the intermission.

My Herbarium still increases. I have
my plant mounting done by Mrs. Kittie C.
Littlefield, and she is coming to the house
now to help in arranging sheets and the
like.

Yesterday afternoon I attended the Comm.
meeting of the Gray Herbarium where the ques-
tion of raising $3000 was discussed. This sum
is the deficit for the year. There will always
be this deficit until a larger fund is
raised. Dr. Robinson will write a brief letter
of appeal, and this will be sent out.

From the estate of my uncle Rev. R.C.
Waterston I have secured quite a number
of books for my library. Most of them
I bought on appraisal. The bulk of the
books went to the Mass. Historical Society