feels the very soul of the blooms in their richness of 

 variety and profusion. 



Here in my desk I have been treasuring a clipping 

 from the New York Times of Sept. to send to you with 

 an article about the Egyptian Lotus that blooms in 

 a cove on Long Island Sound. I thought of you at once 

 when the article was sent to my by a friend and have 

 been intending to send it to you. 



Friday I go to New York for a few days and then 

 on to Washington for a trip connected with my work but 

 when I return home I shall h ope to see you. T^e days 

 are so short and so filled with busy moments that I 

 seem to find little time for social meetings with my 

 friends, but I dont forget them and they are in my 

 mind often, but this great interest in my life seems 

 always to grow more filled with vital purpose and the 

 aim for the ideal" draws one on and on as in the days 

 of fairy tales; but such a vital interest makes life 

 so tremendously worth while and so filled with real 

 happiness. 



My love to you dear Mr. Deane as always and much 

 appreciation and joy in you? sympathy and interest in 

 the success of my beloved Guild, 



A._ always, 



