THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 



COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 



L. H. BAILEY, Professor 

 George N. Lauman, 



R OF HORTICULTl 



i, Assistant. 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



Oct. 20, 



i8 9 Q. 



Miss Martha Bebb, 



Kal amaz o o , M i ch • 



Deai' Madam 



I am requested by our mutual friend, Walter Deane, to 



write you respecting your brother. At Mr. Deane' s request, I wrote 

 your brother about the facilities which are offered here for horti- 

 cultural work. Mr. Deane wants to know if I would advise him to cone 

 here and to change his business. Upon that point I do not care to 

 give advice. I believe, in general, that a young man should follow 

 the thing which he likes best ; but, on the other hand, one should be 

 careful about giving up an assured position for an uncertainty. I do 

 not know whether your brother desires to go into teaching or to make a 

 business of gardening or fruit-growing alone. My own belief is that a 

 man with good education and good business ability can make a very good 

 and pleasant living in the growing of fruit. He may not have so much 

 money in the bank as some other people, but to one who loves outdoor 

 life, there is more solid comfort in it. In experiment station and 

 teaching work, there is always an opening for first rate men who are 

 well prepared. I really could not give you any definite advice with- 

 out knowing more about your brother and what his desires are. If he 

 should come here , I should try to give him what personal attention I 

 could. I should be glad to do this not only for his own sake, but 

 for the memory of your father whom I had the honor to class amongst my 

 personal friends. 



Yours most truly, 



