DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



WASHINGTON, D. C, Jul J 2,1889. 



Mr . Y/al t e r De arie , 



Cambridge, Mas s. 

 My dear Mr. Dearie : 



I was glad to get your letter which came to-day. 

 You are very kind to offer to send Wittstein. As I told you, if 

 you are going away and not going to want it I should be glad to 

 borrow it till you return, by which time I presume ours will be 

 here. I inquired the other day and the order has gone. It went 

 in with a large number of other books. 



On second looking I see that you go to-morrow, so that this 

 will have to be forwarded. I ought to have written but have 

 been driven to death since my return. Hnowlton starts to-day 

 for the west to stay all summer. Poor fellow, he is badly run 

 down and it remains to be seen whether anything can save him. 



As to the plants,! hope I may have some one by and by who can 



