CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 

 DEPARTMENT OF BOTANICAL RESEARCH 



:OASTAL LABORATORY, CARMEL, CALIFORNIA DESERT L A B O R ATO RY. TU CS O N , A R I ZD N A 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. , 



January j^f, 1915. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



29 Brewster Street, 



Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

 My dear Mr. Deane: 



I came back from New York Monday night and 

 found your very kind letter awaiting me. I am sorry to hear 

 that you have been sick, but I trust that you are now quite 

 well again. 



With regard to the stamps, please do not think of paying 

 for them. In fact, T have not the least recollection of the 

 amount; at the most it was only a trifle. This you can readily 

 understand when I tell you that my common tip to the dining 

 room waiter was 5 pesos. 



I think it will be better to give the entire set to one 

 person, as the set is complete as far as it goes, and it will 

 be too bad to break it. I find that George has some other 

 duplicates and these I am enclosing, along with a Peruvian 

 dollar stamp, which I think some one of your young friends 

 will rind very interesting. 



Yours very truly , 



