Regarding the FLORA OF BRITISH INDIA, which Britton had some correspondence with Colonel Prain about a few weeks ago, Britton thanks Prain and Hemsley for their offer to complete the New York Botanical Garden set. Since receiving Prain's letter of 2 Dec, Britton found part 22 at the Natural History Museum and has secured it. He still requires parts 17, 23, and 24 and discusses the costs involved. He wonders if Miss Smith can find time to make him a drawing of Cnestidium rufescens, a Panama tree that he needs to identify. If there are any scraps of specimens available he would value them also. They are having excellent weather. They do not have as much money to spend as they are entitled to by virtue of their 'possibilities of expenditure', but on the whole they are doing fairly well. Dr Marshall A. Howe and Mr Percy Wilson have just returned from the south-eastern Bahamas with a very large collection of land plants and algae and Britton is now inclined to wind up that investigation. He hopes to go with his wife and Mr Harris for a 'raid' on the western end of the Bahamas using a schooner for a hotel. Annotated. Page 1 of 2.