SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 24, 1921 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
355 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 
Dear Mr. Arnes: 
Your letter with regard to the Javan orchids has just 
been received. Doctor Hose has promised to take the matter 
up with the Federal Horticultural Board. He is in constant 
communication with them with regard to the entry of living 
Cactus specimens, and I am sure that there will he no dif¬ 
ficulty in the relea.se of your material. Of course it was 
not necessary to have it inspected in the first place. 
It is very seldom that we encounter any difficulties with 
regard to the receipt of herbarium specimens from abroad, 
but once in a while it does happen that the packages are 
incorrectly marked and consequently are sent to the Federal 
Board for inspection. As a rule_, as soon as they learn the 
nature of the contents of the packages they send them on 
at once. If there should be any delay in the receipt of 
the specimens, please let us know and we shall take fur¬ 
ther steps. 
We have not received the duplicate letter from Mr. 
Powell, but perhaps it will arrive later. I hope that it 
may be possible to secure something from him. So far as 
I know, we have never had any correspondence with him and 
knew nothing of him until the visit which we received re¬ 
cently from a friend of his. The latter seemed to think 
that Mr. Powell would be very glad to send material to 
this country. 
Sincerely yours, 
T') 
Paul C. Standley / 
Assistant Curatdr, 
Division of Plants 
