Honolulu, H. I .Decemixe 
r 9,1890. 
My dear p rof . Watson:- 
I am glad to hear by your letter which came today, that you 
look with favor upon these Islands as a vacation field. I hope you will go 
so far as to determine to come. I am building a little house in the most 
b:eautiful part of Honolulu, and expect to be in it early in peb:ruary, and I should 
be very much pleased to have you make that your headq uar tes rs. There is not a 
vestige of Malaria here so far as I can see, and as I have had i4~ severely, I 
should be on the lookout for it. You would most certainly enjoy this climate, 
as well as the many semi-tropical plants and trees grovfn or indigenous here. 
The Raymond Excursion affords an inexpensive way to get here, and the qteamer 
people sell return tickets [good f o; r a yearjat reduced rates. The roads have so 
improved that one can go almost everywhere in wheeled vehicles,. Is there any 
published monograpih of the Begonias? We have many species in c ul t i va t i on, b ut 
no one knows their names. The paper was purchased and is on its way, I suppose, 
at least Brewer & Oo.vjere told to send it at once. I do not know of a“Prodromus” 
on the I si ands, and, except the three or four volumes I own,no botanical works at 
all, so you may imagine how hard it is to see all the fine plants, and have no 
means of identifying them.No Botanical Mag.-no thi ng! 
Hoping that I may see yom in my new home, and have a garden to 
show yoiu, I remain yours truly, 
