L, H. BAILEY 

 ITHACA. N, Y. 



Oct. 2, 1924. 



Dr. J. N • Rose, 



Smithsonian institution, 



Washington, D. c. 



My & ear Rose : 



I have your interesting letter of September 29th about 



the Cassias. You mention inclosing the photographs hut they were not 

 in the letter. As soon as the photographs end specimens are received, 

 I shall be glad to send them to Dr. Britton as yo\x suggest. 



Mrs. Bailey's case is still serious, althotigh she is now able to 

 sit tip practically all day and to walk a little with a cane about her 

 room. Of course all our plans are at a standstill. I had hoped to 

 be able to go back to Venezuela this autumn to clean up the job there 

 but this is out of the question. If she continues to improve for the 

 next month or two, the doctor feels that she ought to be taken away from 



here for the winter, but of course we cannot 



