SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



August E4, 1919. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



Philbroolc Farm, 



Shelbotirne, Hew Hampsliire, 



dear Hr. Deane: 



Your very good letter of August 8 was for- 

 warded to me in Hew York where I was spending ten 

 days \¥it]i Dr. Britton reading the proof of our 

 second Cactus volume. I came home a week ago to- 

 day. While in Hew York I also read the proof of 

 a little account of my trip to Ecuador which is 

 aoon to appear in the Journal of the Hew York Bo- 

 tanical Garden. 



Yes, I am certainly glad to have this first 

 Cactus volume finished. Unfortunately, I have 

 practically no copies to distrihuted and the price 

 of the volume is going to prevent its coming into 

 the hands of many people whom I should like to have 

 have it. The first volume sells for eighteen dollars 

 and, of course, I am not able to buy any presenta- 

 tion copies, I had a letter the other day from a 

 correspondent, an araateac in CaCti, enclosing a 

 che(^ for eighteen dollars, and asking me to auto- 

 graph the copy which I sent to him, a rather unusual 

 proceeding it seems to me» 



I am just va-iting a letter to the Editor of 

 Science who has asked me to indicate the names of 

 twenty botanists worthy to be starred in the next 

 edition of AMERIGM MM OF SGI MCE. It give me great 

 pleasure to suggest your name. 



Your note saying that you were collecting 

 white violets reminds me that I collecttd some very, 

 very interesting red violets last year. I have just 

 had a report from Dr. Britton saying that I have 

 three species. 



Very truly. 



