SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
355 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Massachusetts 
May 23, 1923 
Dear Mr. Ames: 
We have just completed a general distribution of material into 
the herbarium, and Mr. Killip, who has been distributing the orchids, 
has laid aside some material from Central America whioh you have not 
seen and also a few undetermined orchids from Colombia, chiefly from 
the Lehmann collection. Whenever you wish to see these, we shall 
be glad to send them on. Mr. Killip states that there are about two 
oigeon-holes full of the material, and so there are probably about 
150 sheets. 
Very truly yours 
Paul C. Standley / 
Assistant Curator, 
Division of Plants 
