SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 

 UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



April 25. 1927. 



Mr. ?/alter Daane , 



29 Brewster Street , 



Cambridge, llassachusetts. 



Dear Mr . Deane : 



'7e have just received from l&r. C. A. "eatherby a pstckage of 140 speci- 

 mens of plants, collected in the various parts of the eastern United States 

 by lir. J. R. Churchill, which he asks be taken up as a gift from you to the 

 National Museum. It is so accessioned, and I need scarcely assure you that 

 we are glad indeed to have these specimens. Accept, please, our very sin- 

 cere thanks. 



?ath kind regards, I remain, 



Yours very truly. 



William R. klaxon 



Associate Curator, 



Division of Plants 



