North Feeton. Mass. Septfisher #3, 1921. 
My dear Pr. ft and ley: 
I am ready' now for' the genera that follow 
the Trodi^ilhae-: Microstyli e, I iparikj; Bbaphosepalim', Masdeval- 
•l.i a, - Cry p lopho'rant hus,• Physce.lphcR, ft ellsy and lepanthes. re- 
pending’ on the hulk of the material you have< of these genera it 
n ight be*, well to' add fleorothal3 Spy• Pestrcpia and Octorcerla, 
It may be well tc" send on to you sore sample* 
of the illustrations T am having made so that you can tell re» 
if they are satisfactory. T have taken Saffords paper on Anona as 
a gVfidev latere will be about IPO genera in the Flora I’ am won¬ 
dering' if you really want a text cut or full page- piste for each 
genus? 1 It would be well., -1 think,, if you set a maximum number of 
illustrations giving' the- number and size of text- cuts and the? 
number of full page plates. Then T car try to g/e-t Mrs, Ames to 
make> them for us, or as many as she will do. 
I find that fchlechter’r work on the Cen¬ 
tral American orchids is an undigested compilation. Pot much better 
than it.y card catalogue started twenty years ago. ' f bisyln fact,is 
very true of his Couth American contributions. They are simply the 
result of searching the- literature and then adding* new species for 
full measure. Pi’s Peru is done and Bolivia is on the way to press. 
I have ttjgjg^r,. the- orchid |^.cra wi th a brief 
charsetsrix/atlcn of the family. I d^his according'tc your wishes?' 
In the geographical distribution T Intend to give collectors and 
numbers If you do not object. 
Then hr. Parry JbhnsobA Guatemalan orchids 
sre ; mounted it may be tel2 to send thorn on to me-. I shall post¬ 
pone work on my set until the- .Mat i one 1 Vuseu.tr, set is in hand. 
1 have- written, to Powell, Jirrinez and Tohd!«r. 
Perhaps Powell will be able- to send me. some' specimens in alcohol 
for drawing'. My own colledtu.cn of alcoholic material will be: most 
val uable to us I 
Yours sihcerely, 
