UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

 BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



ECONOMIC AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



Washington, D . C . , October S8, 1919. 



Mr. Walter Deane , 



S9 Brewster St. , 



Cambridge, Massachusetts . 



Dear Mr. Deane : 



Thank you for your kind letter of October '25. 



I think, myself, the Flora will be a great help to amateurs 

 in this region. I am sorry there is no index to species. 

 I pleaded for one and offered to make it but Mr. Stand ley 

 made the index. I wes delighted with the picture you drew 

 of the little Agrostis beside the waterfall. This particular 

 species seems to arouse enthusiasm for its beauty. Do you 

 recall. Walter T s comment on it after describing it? In English 

 it would be something like this , "And just to think since the 

 beginning of time this beautiful grass has been growing and it 

 was left for me to describe itl " 



I shell be glad to see your Florida Panicums 



and return them to you any time you care to send them. 



Sincerely yours, 



Assistant Systematic Agros tologist . 



