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Department of Botany The Botanical Gazette 



Marc!:. 11, 1903. 



My dear Deane:- 



hen I came home January 5 and found your note and photograph 

 I laid the letter aside earring to myself that I would answer it at the 

 very first opportunity. unfortunately that opportunity seems to be 

 further off now than it was then, for I am enp- ed in picking up the 

 threads of dropped work and responsib ilitvand hr-.ve hardly had time to^ 

 sleep. When one is nearly a year behind the botanical literature he is 

 in muc:' the same fix as Barrie's rnan who was accustomed to read the 

 Times through every day and after an illness struggled manfully to catch 

 up, but he never did! I fear I shall never c^tch up with botanical lit- 

 erature again. T have only time to say that ~e WQAt t^roug^ our nine 

 months in Europe not only without serious illness, but with only that 

 fatigue to Mrs. Barnes which occasionally compelled her to desist from 

 attention to picture galleries and museums. She surprised herself and 

 me by the amount of walking and sight-seeing which she did. We both 

 enjoyed ourselves immensely and I came back t oroughly rested. Indeed 

 according to my friends I am almost fat. At a y rate, I feel thoroughly 

 vigorous and ready for work. I V&f delighted to hear from you and to 

 know something of your doings. Give our warmest regards to Mrs. Deanjj»and 

 say that we are not willing to surrender the hope that yon and she will 

 yet get as far west as Chicago to visit your brother and that w$ shall 

 certainly expect a share of that visit. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



Cambridge, Mass. 



