GENERAL OFFICE 
KANSAS CITY. MO, 
Pickering Lumber Sales Co. 
RETAIL AND WHOLESALE 
Lumber and Building Material 
Kansas City, Mo. 
YARDS IN KANSAS 
OKLAHOMA TEXAS 
AND NEW MEXICO 
September 28, 1933 
Dr. Waldo L. SchmltL, Curator, 
Marine Invertebrates, 
Smithsonian, Institution, 
Washington, D. C, 
Dear Sir: 
For some time I have intended to write you 
in regard to a matter pertaining to the article you 
wrote in the National Geographic Magazine sometime 
ago on Juan Fernandez. 
I refer to the vegetation of this island, and 
particularly to your reference to the native palm, 
Juania, You state that you brought back seeds to try 
this palm in America, I would appreciate it very much 
indeed if you would advise me whether or not this ex- 
periment was a success, and if some of this fine palm 
are grov/ing in Washington at this time. I may say that 
I am very much interested in the palms, and have assembled 
a small collection of literature on them. 
You published some excellent photographs of the 
vegetation of the island, but none of the p41m referred to 
above. If you took any, would it be possible for me to obtain 
from you such a photograph or photographs, and not only of 
this plant, but of other phases of the vegetation of the is- 
land? I would like very much to get these, particularly of 
the ferns, after that of the palm. 
It occurs to me that a good many of the native plants 
of Juan Fernandez could be saved from the extinction that over- 
took one notable species by propagation in Florida, Haa any- 
thing along this line ever been done, and would there be any 
way of obtaining seeds from Senor Charpienter? Finally, would 
you advise me from what work of Skottsberg you took the quo- 
tation included in the discussion under the picture of the 
Charpienter gardens in the Geographic Magazine? 
