SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 30, 1923. 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
355 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 
Dear Mr. Ames: 
Y/e are forwarding by mail a package containing 
eight specimens of orchids collected in Mexico by Dr. Bias P. 
Reko. We should greatly appreciate having your identifi¬ 
cations of these when it may be convenient to supply them. The 
specimens, of course, are not to be returned. Perhaps you 
would like to write directly to Dr. Reko concerning them. His 
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address is Apartado 370, Guadalajara, Mexico. 
