355 Commonwealth Avenue, 
Boston, Mass., April 8th, 1925. 
;'y dear Dr. Standley: Your good and welcome letter of the third 
April, case in this morning and was delightful reading. I am so 
glad that you are back again and that your collections have come 
safely to port, "ill you hold it up against me if I say that your 
experiences as described made me enviousj 
Ky expedition was a lazy cru-Lse .as: luxe . I 
had to content myself with market-botany and binocular observations 
from the steamer’s deck. But I got what I v/ent after, a long rest 
and a return to health. 
There is an article in the Evening Transcripl 
which headlines me in connection with your expedition. I some¬ 
times think that the news papers go out of the way to make privacy 
a crime. 
T'ork on Central American orchids has gone 
forward and I have about twenty-five nev^ species to describe and 
about as many more to reduce. As material has accumulated, it has 
become very evident that lines have been drawn to delicately in 
the recognition of species. % only consolation is that more of 
Schlechter’s recently published species than of mine, go down to 
troublesome synonymy. 
