SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 4. 1921. 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
North Easton, Massachusetts, 
Dear Mr. Ames: 
V/e are forwarding, by prepaid express, as a loan, 
a box containing 660 specimens of orchids, including 24 
sheets of type material. This shipment includes the 
material requested in your recent letters to Mr . Maxon 
and myself. We are sending, also, the miscellaneous 
unnamed specimens of the family from Central America, 
and some from Mexico, as well as some sheets from 
northern South America which are named only generically. 
Please do not feel under any obligations with regard to 
naming the Mexican and South American material, for 
this has been sent only because of the possibility that 
it might be of aid in your work upon the Central Ameri¬ 
can species. We have included also the Mexican materi¬ 
al of the genera sent and that from northern South 
America with the same purpose in view. The present 
shipment includes our set of Mr. Johnson’s orchid col¬ 
lections in Guatemala, and four specimens from Jamaica 
collected by Mr. Maxon of which there were no duplicates 
I trust the shipment will reach you promptly. 
In a good many cases I notice there are two sheets 
cf some of the collections sent and in other instances 
there is ample material upon the sheet of some of the 
smaller plants. If you would care to have some cf the 
duplicate sheets sent you in exchange when the speci¬ 
mens are returned to us, or if you would care to have 
material taken from the sheets that can be divided, we 
shall be glad to send on such specimens to you as a 
continuation of our exchanges. 
Sincerely yours 
Paul C. Standley 
Assistant Curator, 
Division of Plants 
