5 May 1915.

Mr Ernest Harold Baynes

Meriden, New Hampshire.

My dear Mr Baynes,

I have talked with the officers of the Newport Natural History Society and the Newport Garden Association, and I am glad to report that both organizations will be pleased to have you speak under their auspices.

The meetings of the Garden Association are usually held in the morning while the Natural History Society meets at night. I would suggest that you fix some day toward the end of June or early in July when you could come on, and, if you do not mind doing two "turns" in one day, address the Garden Association in the morning and the Natural History Society that same evening. Or, you might come in time to speak in the evening first, and next day give your morning talk. These are details that can be settled later, however. The main thing now is to decide upon some date, or, perhaps, give us a choice of two or three dates.

The Natural History Society will be able to pay twenty five dollars and expenses, but I am sorry to say that the Garden Association can not pay anything because all of its funds are being applied to the maintenance of exhibition and experiment grounds this year.

I shall be very glad to have you stay with me while you are in Newport.

Sincerely,