SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



April 7, 1928. 



Mr. Falter Deane , 



29 Brewster Street, 



Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



My dear Kr. Deaue : 



Your card has just been received this morning, for which we 

 v/ish to thank you. I have been intending to write to you for 

 some time, but we have had so much on hand that I have put it 

 off from day to day. 



George is much better, and is back at his office again, but 

 goes to see an expert every day. Rebecca has been home for some 

 time, but has been gradually growing worse. She is to be operated 

 upon again today at 12:30. They are to pull one of her upper 

 teeth and through this opening are to get into the sinus . It ap- 

 pears to me that it is a very delicate and trying operation. I 

 do not know hov; long she will be in the hospital this time, but 

 possibly two weeks or more. 



On March 13 my mother, who has been spending the winter with 

 us, was taken desperately sick and soon developed pneumonia which 

 took her avray on the 23d. I went out to Indiana for the funeral, 

 coming back the following Monday. I have not felt quite as well 

 since ray return as I did, but hope to be feeling better again 



I had a very enjoyable call from Dr. L. H. Bailey yesterday. 

 He went down to Tennessee to deliver a lecture and stopped in a 

 few hours on his way home. 



I trust you are feeling quite v;ell. 



shortly. 



Yours very truly, 



J. 



r. Rose 

 Associate Curator, 



■■TDivision of Plants. 



