01724 1 letterhead LONDON, Aug. 31 1893. in margin: 789 My dear little Helen I am on the way home but it will
take a good while to get home for it is a long way I have to stop here there along the road Still it will not be long after
you get this letter until you get me. Only a few weeks I'll write let you know where I am all the time. I got back to England
from the big mountains glaciers of Switzerland last Monday I was pretty tired for I traveled all night. Then I went to see
a grand church full of curious looking old fashioned people made out of stone. Tuesday i went up the Thames river on a steamboat
2 to the Kerr Gardens where all kinds of beautiful trees palms ferns flowers gathered from all the world are growing. I
know that you Wanda Mama grandma would be delighted to see them Thousands of men women little boys girls were looking at them
they could go wherever the liked without paying anything if they were careful not to touch any of the flowers. These gardens
are larger than all the ranch. Near the gate of the gardens there is a larger building called the Herbarium, there I found
my old friend sir Joseph Hooker he was glad to see me. He knew me very well as soon as I walked into the room among the dried
plants though it is seventeen years since we has seen each other. Next day he brought his family down to London - his wife
daughter two boys