SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



February 5, 1926. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



29 Brewster Street, 



Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



My dear Mr . Deane : 



Th«nk you very much for your kind letter 

 of recent date . You will be interested to 

 learn that I have just had a letter from the 

 manager of the Huntington Estate , asking lae 

 to submit an estimate of the probable expense 

 of the -investigation I mentioned in ray recent 

 letter' Later on I hope to send you a copy 

 of this correspondence. 



If you have not already disposed of the 

 editorial which I sent you, will you be good 

 enough to return it, as I may wish to send it 

 on with my estimates? If you have already dis- 

 posed of it, no harm is done as I think I can 

 arrange to get another copy. 



Yours very truly. 



Associate Curator, 



ipivision of Plants . 



