UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 



WASHINGTON 



SYSTEMATIC BOTANY 



March 6, 1926. 



Hr. '..alter Deane, 



29 Brewster St., 

 Cambridge, l.!ass. 



Dear Mr. Dearie: 



1 have received a letter from Frau Hackel telling me that 

 Professor Haokel died February 17. She begs me to tell the Kind 

 American friends who helped to make his last years more comfortable, 

 and to express to them her heartfelt gratitude. . > 



Since July 1922 1 have written to Professor Hackel^once a month 

 and have an interesting series of letters — mostly "agrostologische 

 Plauderei" from him. His mind was clear to the very end. 



1 add my thanks to those of Frau Hack el. 



Sincerely yours, 



Agnes Chase, Assistant Agrostologist. 



Office address: Smithsonian Institution 



