UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



ECONOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



Washington, D. C, January 14, 1916. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



29 Brewster St. , 



Cambtidge, Massachusetts, 



Dear Sir: 



Your card of December 30 and the package were duly received. 

 Please pardon the delay in thanking you for these series of fine 

 specimens. We appreciate them if we are slow in saying thanks. 

 The G-lycerias and Poa were mailed to you about a week ago. 



We have been so intent on the manuscript of West Indies 

 grasses that I at least could not tear myself away from it. 



Professor Hitchcock told me of a delightful evening at your 

 home during his visit to Boston. 



Yours respectfully, 



Scientific Assistant in Systematic Agrostol- 

 ogy. 



