309 W. Court Street, 

 Cincinnati, O,, 

 U. S. A, 



Cincinnati, 0. Janiary 2nd, 1912. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



#29 Brewster St. 



OambriclgG, Mass. 



Dear Deane; — 



I have boen at" home now some three or four months 

 and the prospects are that I will not be able to got away- 

 ill future for such long trips. About five or six years afeo, 

 perhaps more, I made arrangements with my brothers to have 

 Kiy OYOT tine. I have spent the greater part of the tiiao 

 in EurqiJe v;it h Occasional trips home. Last fall, the 

 health of one of my brothers failed to an extent and I was 

 called home and since have had to give some of my tine to 

 business although I am sti3.l as much Interested as ever 

 in the fungLis BUb;ject. You do not Isnow what you have 

 .missed by not taking ftp fusigl instead of the flowering 

 plants. I do not think vtg have any subject that has been 

 so carelessly worked as the fungi and it is very fascina- 

 ting to t?*aGe It down and study It out, although it requires 

 considerable tintJa and trips to the musdums of Europe where 

 historical spooiinens are preserved. I liave had a s^^aat 

 deal of pleasure in working the subject out , but I do not 



