Kr • Oaks 3 Ames-2. 
of orchids, For several years he sent material to Rolfe 
who promised to publish a li st of the species he collected^, 
which were very numerous. Of course this plan is now im¬ 
possible of fulfillment. Recently Mr, Powell has been 
sending specimens to Schlechter but Mr, Smith stated that 1 e 
was not very well pleased with the idea of sending material 
to Germany and that he should prefer to send it to this 
country, if its identification could be arranged for. tfc have 
just written a letter to Mr, Powell, and it would doubtless 
be advisable for you to write to him also. Judging from Mr, 
Smith’s statements it should be possible to obtain a large 
amount of interesting material from Mr. Powell. 
Sincerely yours, 
Paul C . Standley / 
Assistant Curator, 
Division of Plants 
