SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



January 4, 1916. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



29 Brewster Street, 



Cambridge, 



Massachusetts. 



Dear Mr. Dean: 



Tne snipment of 443 specimens mentioned in 



your letter of December 30th is received in good con- 

 dition and i beg to thank you very sincerely for your 

 kindness in presenting so valuable a collection to trie 

 National Herbarium. The specimens will be accessioned 

 as a valued gift and I will undertake to see tnat tney 

 are mounted promptly and placed in the study collection 

 where they will be at onne available for use. Mr. 

 Hitchcock is especially pleased at the relatively large 

 number of grasses in the shipment ana wisnea me to thank 

 you for ;your interest in the matter. 



With best wishes for the new year, I remain 



Yours very truly, 



Associate Curator, 



Division of Plants. 



