UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
WASHINGTON 
FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTION 
February 11, 1931 
Capt. Oliver P. Smith, 
U. S. Marine Corps, 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 
Dear Oliver: 
This will introduce to you Dr. Alexander betmore. Assistant Direct¬ 
or of the Smithsonian Institution, who is going to spend some time in Haiti 
collecting birds and other material for that institution. Doctor Wetmore 
has been in Haiti and Santo Domingo in the past. One of his visits was dur¬ 
ing my stay in the. island. I shall appreciate greatly anything you may oe 
able to do, officially or personally, that will facilitate the work upon 
which Doctor Wetmore is engaged and which will make his stay pleasant and 
profitable in Haiti. 
Doctor Wetmore has traveled widely in connection with his bird 
investigations, spending part of last year in Spain. It was one of uy keen 
regrets that my trip to that country did not coincide with his or that I did 
not have the privilege of being with him in the field. I only wish i could 
make this trip with him back to Haiti. 
Cordially yours, 
CM^O C-4l* 
Knowles A. Ryers^f, 
Principal Horticulturist in Charge 
KAR.MMB 
