SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 30, 1924 
Mr. Oakes Ames, 
355 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Massachusetts. 
Dear Mr. Ames: 
The Museum is forwarding, by express as a loan, 
a box containing 112 specimens of orchids from Costa 
Rica. This is the material which Mr* Alfaro has been 
sending, and I trust that there may be something of 
interest in it. We have already sent you 3orne of the 
duplicates. 
Sincerely yours 
