Mad is on, Wis. , December 31.1888. 



My dear Deane :-- 



You seem to prize my handwriting so much that I feel almost 

 guilty in writing' you a letter with the Caligraph. But really you must 

 excuse me this time. I have so much on hands just now and I can write 

 so much faster on the machine, that I feel it to be a necessity to e- 

 conomize in the direction of time. 



I meant to have acknowledged your kind remembrance that came on 

 the same day that I took my delayed paekagg to the office. The lec- 

 tures I read shortly after they were first published , but I shall take 

 great pleasure in re-reading them. Would that the hand that penned 

 them had not lost its cunning. Speaking of this reminds me that 1 

 have lately got another picture of Dr. Gray. It forms one of a group 

 of 25 botanists in attendance at the Manchester meeting: of the B. A. 

 A.S. The picture of the Doctor is excellent , though small, and it is 

 pleasant to have it associated with those of such men as Treub ,DeBary , 

 Vines ,Bower,Solms-Laubach,Saporta , Balfour ,Pring3heim,Cohn ,and many 

 others whose names are known through their works. The picture is one 

 that Arthur brought to me. I am also to have a set of his own photo- 

 graphs (4 x 5) of the interesting laboratories , botanic gardens, etc th4 

 he visited. 



I enclose the letter from Mr.Morong . I was much interested in 

 reading it. I hope he will be successful in his collecting. 



I have had a busy time this -- vacation (?) in attending meet- 

 ings of the various scientific , literary and educational bodies that 

 select the holiday week and the capital for their meeting's. I intend- 



