J. M. J. 



-I. Walter Deane, 

 8helbiirna,H.H. 



Dear Sir, 



Many thanks for your troubl e in 

 answering so fully to my brief card. 



X shall wait anxiously for the uaoers ans 

 your kind, second letter. 



^he two specimens I founfi widely apart, are 

 characterized thus j 4 leaves , normal ; 4 sepals .normal • 

 4 petals, normal ;8 stamens (1 of them bordering a petal); 

 4 styles. There seems to be no tendancv to pbvllodv 

 whatever. A ' 



If it oan interest you, I will be glad to send 

 you the specimens for a while, as soon as my draughtsman 

 will give them back to me. 



V see by your letter that you are quite enthu- 

 siastic about botany and nature at large. You are of the 

 right kind then: tod I would be glad to entertain relations 

 and correspondence with you. Do you exchange plants * 



For my part, I have eollrcted rather intensive It 

 and me be aole to supply interesting things to a Hew En- 

 gland botanist. My aim is to write when circumstances 

 will permit a Flora of the Province of Cuebec.in French 

 which is my native language. Our frenoh manuals are all 

 out of date now, and a fresh book would contribute to 

 give the taste of botanical studies to French Canadians. 



zgu must know that the St -Lawrence vallev is 

 a splendid ground for botanizing, and that so are" the' 

 Laurent! an Mountains, Fhen will you trv both Ton «re 



heartily invited. " 



Hoping to have one day the pleasure to receive 

 you, I remain, dear Sir, 



Yours obliged, 

 Longueuil College P.Q. Canada 



