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in Panama better than we have been able to heretofore. 
A beginning down there has scarcely been made, but by 
the time you get back here, over two years hence, 
something may be doing on the Zone. 
Your article in the Geographic has not yet 
appeared and your oulletin is not yet through the press. 
As soon as they do come in I will send you copies. 
Dr. Pittier, of Venezuela, sent a '"doctor of 
medicine by the name of Benchetrit with a letter of 
introduction to me. From here he went to Honolulu, 
and I gave him a letter of introduction to Dr. Lyon, 
and Dr. Lyon nas given him thirty plants of the different 
species producing chaulmoogric acid. He has taken these 
with him by way of panama to Venezuela. This will give 
the trees a chance in Venezuela. We are planning to 
give a few trees to several other South American 
countries and to establish a small plantation, if we 
can, on the lands of the United Fruit Company in Costa 
pica, where they have the equipment necessary to take 
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care of trees such as these for a long period of time. 
Of course, the big plantings will be in Hawaii, and 
evidently Dr. Lyon is getting on well with the trees 
which he has raised from seeds you brought in. He 
has a great many more, of course, than we have had here, 
and I presume they are in much better shape. I doubt 
very much whether Florida conditions are at all suitable 
for the growth of these trees. 
However, we will try 
