%$t Itnt&eratbi of Chicago 



Department of Botany Th e Botanical Gazette 



December 31, 1098. 



My dear Deane : - 



I hoped that I would get time this vacation to write a letter 



in the way that you like to have them. But it is now the last day 



of the week and I shall have to put you off with a type written letter. 



I received your package a day or two before Christmas and was 



delighted on opening it to find another volume of Burroughs' s delightful 



books. All of them have been charming, and I am anticipating much plea- 



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sure from the perusal of Pepacton. 



We are beginning to feel as though we were not strangers i 

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strange land, and the place is becoming a little more like home, as the 

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memories of Madison begin to fade. Whenever we look back, however, we 

 have much to regret in leaving t»£ that beautiful , and above allj 



glean town. Perhaps the hardest thing to get used to in the city is 

 the inevitable dirt. I suppose after while we shall cease to try to 

 keep clean, and accept the grime phili sophi cally . 



I am sorry to hear that Mrs. Deane is ill. There is a good 

 deal of grip out this way, but so far, we have escaped it. Lyle is in 

 bed with one of his bilious attacks, as the result of too much candy 

 and nuts and general dissipation through the holiday week. Mrs. Barnes 

 is quite well . Did I write you that her^ sister and three children 

 are living with us now. 4 



I shall be much interested in seeing a copy of the new 



journal, for which I think you have selected a beautiful name. 



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I am very glad that you did not call it the New England something, for 



lang names in references are a nuisance. "Rhodora" is appropriate, 

 pleasing, and brief; three admirable qualities. I am sure Dr. Robinson 

 will put a tgreat deal of energy and skill into its editing, and I know 



