they ill be helpful. 
I sub in a quandary regarding the orchids of Panama. 
Mr; Powell ha3 promised me anything I want and his former 
resntment haa given room to an overwhelming desire to 
assist us. There is no trao© left of the bitterness he 
seemed at first to feel toward me. Sow I am in receipt 
of a letter from K «w in which I am informed that 17S 
Powell numbers, with photographs and correspondence are 
on the way to me for determination and future division. 
The next move, and I thirds it might now have Mr. Powell's 
sanction, is to let Sehlaohter knov# this and ask hi® 
what the future course of procedure is to be. As I feel 
that this whole question is yours to answer, perhaps you 
will let me know what to do. The situation is most peculi¬ 
ar, different from anything I have ever experienced before 
and extremely critical. It would seem no matter what we 
decide to do, wo have exactly what we want and what we 
feared might not be obtainable. I am well satisfied, be- 
cause I am not a bit interested in describing new species 
when the other fellow’s types unborn are in my hands. You 
understand, of course, that I know Sehleclter’s determinai 
ions in part already, because I have Powell's list of num¬ 
bers with the names Schlechter has given them, 
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