May thirty-first, 1922 Prof. Geo. W. Carver, Tuskegee, Alabama, Dear Prof. Carver: Thank you for your recent letter. I have just returned from New York and Washington, where I attended the Second National Conference on State Parks at the Palisade Park which is a magnificent institution, most beautiful trees and plants, Cornus florida just in bloom; also the tulip tree. Yours truly, P/T