Carnegie Institution of Washington 



DEPARTMENT OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D, C. , 



January 20, 1913. 



Mr. Walter Deane , 



29 Brevifster Street, 



Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



My dear Deane: 



Yesterday I took out a package of bridges, mostly 



from Italy and Switzerland, which I thought you might be glad 

 to have for your collection. These go off to-day. In the 

 meantime, your very kind letter was received this morning, and 

 has been read with a great deal of interest. 



I leave for St. Thomas next Saturday morning. My address 

 during February and the greater part of March will be: "Care, 

 Emile A. Berne, Agent, Quebec Steamship Company, Charlotte 

 Amelie, St. Thomas, West Indies." It is our intention to visit 

 Porto Rico, m.any of the Lesser Antilles, Curacao, and possibly 

 the northern coast of South Amxerica. I hardly expect to reach 

 Trinidad; but in case I do, I shall certainly call on your 

 friends there. 



Yours very trulx,^_ 



Research Associate. 



