SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



October 6, 1P24. 



Mr. Walter Deane , 



29 Brewster Street, 



Carntiridge , Ifassachusetts . 



My dear Mr. Deane: 



Various letters Ir-ave been received from you from tiire 

 to time, none of wfcicb I seem to Thave answered. I am v^riting 

 new, however, for a spedial purpose; t? at is, I want to ex- 

 tend a very cordial invitation for you to come down to .aslp- 

 ington during the latter part of December, spend Cbristmas 

 with us, and stay over for the meetings of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science. Mrs. Rose and 

 the girls are all -very anxious for you to come. George will 

 be home from law school, and we trvst that we can make you 

 have a very delightful time. Please let us know at once 

 th at we may expect you . 



1 have been having some very nice letters frcm I,. K. 

 Bailey a.nd he has been sending ire some very fine specimens 

 collected by him in northern and central Brazil. He has 

 written me once or twice about the serious illness of iirs . 

 Bailey. I st.ppose he has written to you abovit the same 

 matter, but in esse he has not, you may be interested in his 

 letter of October 2d which I am enclosing for you to see. 

 I thought that in case you had not heard from him you might 

 like to write to him. 



I am also enclosing a copy cf Berger's review of my 

 cactus book and also a personal comment which appeared in the 

 Wabash Record. 



I suppose Ivan Johnston is again back in Cambridge. I 

 must ijvrite tc him in a few days. 



Yours very truly. 



J. 1^. Rose 



/sBCoiate 

 Divis 



Ci rator , 



on of Plants . 



(Enclosures) 



