SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



August ^7, 1920. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



Philbrooic Farm, 



aiiel'bourne , Hew Hampiililre. 



My dear Mr. Deane: 



Your letter of April E4 has remained unan- 

 swered too long, A few days ago I received a 

 letter from you which recalled the fact that I 

 had neglected you. fortunately, hovierex, this letter 

 was intended for my good wife but it did remind 

 me that I nuat at once v.Tite you as I had long want- 

 ed to do. 



low that my second c ctus voltime is off the 

 press - I read the last proof yesterday and it will 

 be soon distributed - I have one less care. The 

 third Tolume, though, must go to press before very 

 long and then there mill be another year of proof 

 reading of plates and manuscript. This second vol- 

 ume is going to be very atbr:.ctive . It contains 

 eight more plates than Yolurae I and these are much 

 more varied and showy. 



I was very much disappointed that I could not 

 go to >:iuuth America this year as I had made all my 

 plana and was looking forward to maJcing a great col- 

 lection of oaoti ija Brasil and Argentina. Perhaps 

 it la best that I did not go for travel conditions 

 have been very bad between lew York and South America, 

 I have had my Jiands full, however, with all kinds of 

 interesting problems. Besides my cactus virork I have 

 been doing intensive work on the flora of Ecuador and 

 have found new species and genera without number. 



