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IT is now nearly twenty-five years since I started a most interesting correspondence with Samuel J. Record. The correspondence continued without interruption until the end of January this year, when I received his last letter. He had mentioned his plans after his retirement from the University, which he said would be in June—how he was anticipating having time for further research and the writing of a new book, and both he and I were looking forward to his expected visit to London, when we could again discuss matters relating to forestry, nomenclature, identification of timbers, and other subjects of mutual interest. We had much friendly controversy on these subjects, but generally our conclusions coincided. His energy and great knowledge, and the fact that he had at hand the very exhaustive collection of specimens of wood (more than thirty thousand) at Yale University, the accumulation of which was largely due to his personal efforts, was a great advantage, and from him I gained much useful information.
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HOWARD, A. Prof. Samuel J. Record. Nature 155, 627 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155627b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155627b0