SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
January 10, 1923 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
355 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 
Dear Mr. Ames: 
Just now I am Beginning to write up the list of Sal¬ 
vadorean plants which Doctor Calderon expects to publish 
in San Salvador. If you have available a list of the or¬ 
chids known from that country, aside from the ones which 
we collected this year, I should very much appreciate 
having it A sc that those species can be included in our list. 
I have not looked up Schlechter's list of species since I 
prefer to obtain a list from you, if possible, with the 
idea that you may have certain corrections or additions to 
his published list. 
If you expect to visit Tela, Honduras, as I presume 
you will since there is a United Bruit Company plantation 
at that place, I should be very glad if you could visit 
Dr. Andres van Severen, a physician who is now located there. 
His home is in San Salvador and I became acquainted with 
him and his family while I w r as there last year. He is a 
very pleasant man and has paid a good deal of interest to 
botanical subjects. I think that you could very likely 
get him interested in the collection cf orchids about Tela. 
At any rate, I am inclosing a brief note of introduction 
to him, in case you should have an opportunity to look him 
up 
Sincerely yours 
Paul C. Standley 
Assistant Curator, 
Division of Plants 
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