SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
May 22, 1923 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
355 Commonwealth /venue, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 
Dear Mr. Ames: 
We are forwarding, hy mail, a package con¬ 
taining 3 specimens of orchids from Q,uezaltenango, 
Guatemala. These were included in a rather inter¬ 
esting collection received the other day from the 
Guatemalan Department of Agriculture. We should he 
very glad to have your determinations of the speci¬ 
mens when convenient. They need not he returned to 
us. I wish that it might he possible to get into 
communication with the collector, apparently a 
German, for that region must he an exceptionally 
interesting one because of its great altitude, and 
scarcely any collecting has ever been done there. 
Sincerely yours, 
Paul C. Standley 
Assistant Curator, 
Division of Plants 
