NEW 



Cyclopedia of American Horticulture 



L. H. BAILEY 

 ETHEL ZOE BAILEY, ASSISTANT 



ITHACA. N. Y. 



Oct. 2,9, 1912. 



Mv.* "'/alter Deane, 



2 9 Brews t e r St., 



Cambridge, Mass. 

 My dear Deane : 



I have your letter from the wilds of Cambridge 

 and am very glad to hear from you. It is a long time since 

 I have had a peep. 



I am expecting Mathews here today and he will 

 tell me all about you and the various things at Cambridge. 

 It is very interesting to have -our description of the 

 growth of the herbarium. I am strongly tempted to put a 

 lojs of puzzles in my pocket and go over there for a week 

 or so before very long. 



It is true that we are making a new Cyclopedia. 

 It is going to be a six voliime work under a new name. \!e 

 are going to reset it from beginning to erid. You will 

 remember that you wrote the article on "Herbarium" in the 

 first edition. I want you to rewrite or revise that article 

 and to extend it and I shall also want you to help me on 

 various other things before we get through. The probability 

 is that now and then when I strike a snag, I shall want you 

 to go over to the Garden and look up some reference or 

 some specimen or something of t' e kind. 



T ,Ye have an article on "Arboretun" by Professor 

 Sargent and one on "Botanic Garden" by Dr. Gager of the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden. We now want an article on Herbarium 

 that will somewhat coordinate with them. I want a rather 



