1barvar&  Universitig 
BOTANICAL  MUSEUM 
George  Lincoln  Goodale,  Honorary  Curator 
5  Berkeley  Street 
(The  Botanical  Museum  occupies  part  of  the 
central  section  of  the  University  Museum. 
The  entrance  is  on  Oxford  Street.) 
Cambridge,  Mass,,  U.S.A. 
August  6th., 1922  191 
Dear  waiter, ’ 
The  failure  to  get  any  acknowledgement  from  Blasch- 
ka  that  he  had  received  my  latset  draft , compelled  me  to  send  a  cable 
despatch  to  him  asking  if  he  had  yet  had  the  draft, An  answer  came 
promptly,  "NO". And  therefore  1  have  now  sent  a  duplicate  draft  which 
1  hope  will  not  be  lost. 
Things  go  on  here  much  as  usual.Ky  wife  and  1  had  a  good  visit 
ClU  (  fV  Ll  . 
from  Mr. Abbot, who  gave  us  a  few  bits  of  Shelburne  News . I  use  aeap- 
LtJL  Hii  in  referring  to  his  items.  We  are  glad  that  you  are  all  well 
/ 
and  we  hope  that  the  summer  will  be  pleasant  throughout?both  for  you 
and  for  Miss  Brown. 
We  are  gaining  every  day^and  we  attribute  much  of  the  improve¬ 
ment  to  the  daily  drives  in  the  modest  Bord  car.  The  shaking  does  us 
no  harm. 
You  will  be  glad  to  learn  that  Thaxter  has  secured  the  money 
required  for  his  new  library  building  for  storing  the  Barlow  things. 
I  suppose  he  will  not  move  into  the  building  before  Ball.  The 
Museum  continues  to  have  more  than  its  share  of  rubber-neck  visitors 
/ 
who  come  out  on  every  trip  of  the  touring  cars.  It  is  a  vgry  easy 
mode  of  going  to  College rto  ride  out  in  one  of  these  barges, and  stare 
at  every  thing  ,and  feel  no  responsibility. 
1  miss  ay  garden  more  and  more, and  cannot  make  up  the  lack  by 
purchased  corn  and  string  beans. Even  my  weeds  here  are  a  failure, 
'' 
In  stead  of  Pussley  we  have  Galinsoga,no  sott  of  substitute. 
When  1  hear  from  R.B.  1  shall  report  promptly. 
Yours  faithfully  S 
Kind  regards  to  the  Bhilbrooks  and  the  rest.  '  " 
