Walter Deane (1848-1930) Papers; Journal, 1896-1899. Botany Libraries, Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Mass.

107 1897 Jan. 24 — Cambridge, Mass — Mounted 4 hrs on Club Plants. Got Williams package ready 172 sps. ———

Jan 25 — 28 Went to the Gr. Hb. before lunch and got a bundle of Club plants including W.H. Bailey's & Mrs. Owen's and took them home to arrange & mound for the Club studied birds this P.M. at the Museum.

Jan 26 Studied more birds this P.M. for a little while — Shakespeare this evening. Pleasant & reading of Tempest —

Jan 27 A little more of New Eng. birds this P.M. Excepting the water birds and the large birds like hawks I have analyzed most all the New Eng birds but the Fringillidae & of these I have done all except the true sparrows. Called on Will this evening. Pleasant thalk. Met Mr. Chamberlain & Roland Hayward.

Jan 28 — Raging snow-storm. It began last evening or rather late in the P.M. I had to wade to Harv. Sq. & back on my way to Boston. Mrs. Castle did not expect me. Wrote letters hard all the P.M. & evening. Wrote to 16 people. Laid out a few of the Club plants.

— Jan. 29 — To town as usual. Analyzed some birds this PM. also laid out some Club plants — Geo. & I went to the Dramatic rehearsal — Good.

Jan 30 This A.M. laid out Club plants. Analyzed more birds at the Museum I have done most of the New Eng. birds. I have finished the Fringillidae. It is a beautiful science. Went to the Gr. Hb. and saw all the force. Long talk with Dr. Robinson. Dramatic Club this evening with Will & Lizzie.

108 1897 — Jan. 31 — — Cambridge, Mass — Put more of the Club plants into the box. Laid out 52 duplicates for Dr. Glatfelter of St. Lous, Mo. I shall send him one hundred. He will send me sets of a few species of willows, besides duplicates. Saw a Downy Woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, in Dr. Wyman's yard this A.M. He was flitting from limb to limb crying peet, peet.

— Feb. 1 — Returning from Boston I dropped in at the Garden and got some Solanum flowers to take to Harold tomorrow. Went to the Museum and verified some Owls. I have now named all our owls. This evening I finished Mr. Glatfelter's package of 99 species of duplicates. Wrote several letters. M's cold is slowly improving. We have put off the the visit of the Hoyts from Wellesley for a few days. Harry Warner's wife has just died —

— Feb. 2 — Shakespear Club this evening.

— Feb. 3 — Spent most of the P.M. [seeing?] over the Shakespeare notices. Harold & I went to the Old South.

Feb. 4 Spent a couple of hours this P.M. studying the hawks —

Feb. 5 Finished the hawks this P.M. Most interesting. Was struck by the color phases of the same sps. Will showed me the Rock & Willow Ptarmigan.

109 1897 Feb. 5 Cambridge Mass with the specific differences. In summer plumage they are quite different. In winter the black line between eye & bill of Lagopus rupestris is often gone. The size of feet & length of nails offer good specific characters being larger & longer in the Willow Ptarmigan — Good meeting of the Bot. Club this evening. I showed my abnormal Phleum pratense and my Utricularia clandestinas —

— Feg. 6 — Mounted Club plants this A.M. Went to the Herbarium this P.M. All were there. Jamie Greenough called in the evening —

Feb 7 — Spent the day with Mr. Churchill in Dorchester. He is suffereing a good deal from an ulcerated tooth. Went over a lot of his plants. He has, as usual, an interesting set largely from Chatauqua Lake, N.Y. Had fine observations on the trees close to the house of a pair of Flickers Colaptes auratus, a Brown Creeper, Certhia familiaris americana, and a Chickadee, Parus atricapillus. I observed them with a glass. They were very close. The Creeper was busily running up an apple tree, hunting for food with his pretty little curved bill. I watched the Flickers for a good 15 min. They were so near I could see every feather — What powerful strokes they give. The heavy rain this early morning has made a regular flood. I got home by 9.45. Mr. Churchill is going in two weeks to Jamaica by a excursion trip with wife and Anna.

110 — 1897 — — Feb. 8 — — Cambridge, Mass — This P.M., Dr. Urwin drove me over to the Herb. where I did some work for Mr. Churchill on Hieracium & Helianthemum. Long talk with Dr. Robinson. Called on Mrs. Gray who gave me an autograph signed letter of Nuttall and a card with his name of doubtful authority. I shall send the letter to Ruthven. Will Brewster is sick in bed, not for long I hope —

— Feb 9 — Wrote letters and the like this P.M. Called on Dr. Robinson this evening. Looked up some Carex matter for Mr. Churchill.

Feb. 10 — Geo. Harold & I went this A.M. over to East Boston by the Ferry and visited the dry dock. It has a huge Liverpool cattle steamer in it. We examined the dock, its methods of receiving a vessel &c. It was all very instructive. Called at Seymour's on the way home — Called on Dr. Robinosn this evening on Club business. Mounted 36 Club Plants

— Feb. 11 — Glorious clear day. This P.M. I took some Club plants to the Herb.

Feb 12 Went to Will's Museum this PM. Studied Warblers. This PM. went over a package of Willows from Glatfelter and took out about 70 labels for him to put more data on. Sometimes there is no locality whatever. Heavy snow storm to-day —

111 1897 Feb. 13 Cambridge, Mass. This AM mounted Club Plants for 3 1/2 hrs. 89 sheets. Spent an hour at the Museum on Warblers & Sparrows mainly. Will is improving, but still very weak. Geo. took me on a sleigh ride this P.M.

Feb. 14 Sunday — Spent the day with Mr. Churchill at Dorchester. Finished going over his summer's work. Had a very nice day. We talked over his Jamaica trip that he is intending to take. Observed a ♂ {male} Flicker by the house. Brought home a lot of duplicates —

Feb 15 — This P.M. made 2 trips to the Gr. Herb. with mounted Club plants. William drove me once — Dr. Kennedy & Mr. Williams called this P.M. evening. Pleasant Mr. W. brought me some plants —

— Feb. 16 — This P.M. did a little work in the Museum. Read proof of a new Shakespeare list I am having printed. Shakespeare Club this evening. Tennyson's Becket. Good reading —

— Feb. 17 — This P.M. I worked some on the snipe and allies at the Musuem. Mr. Purdie dined with us, and we has a good bird talk —

Feb. 18 — This P.M. after printing the Shakespeare notices. I went to the Museum and worked over Snipe, Rails and Plover. They are fascinating but hard as the wings are folded down and the axillas are not seen. Mr. Rich dined with us. We had a good botanical talk. I showed him lots of my plants & books.