Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C. , 

 De camber $, 192-6. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



29 Srewster Street, 



Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



My dear Deane; 



I have been wanting to write to you for a long time, 

 but have been so busy and have had so little help since 

 I finished ray cactus work that I have neglected every 

 thing except strictly official matters. I am writing 

 now t© say that I will probably be in ^oston for a day or 

 two next week, appearing there as a (Jovernment witness. 

 I am t© tell the August Ciourt why a^prickly pear' is not a 

 ^pear/ FH'ora this you see that the study of cacti has a 

 practical side to it/ I hope to spend at least one evening 

 with you. I shall telephone you as soon as I get. located 

 in Boston. 



Hoping t© see: you soon, 



I am yfl^r friend, 

 Sincerely, , 



