I have told Maxon that after i once have a species named for 
me in any genus, l lose Interest in collecting the genus 
furthe ri I have been pretty fortunate in the case of the 
orchids. I am sorry that i can not have one of these Teli- 
pogons named for me, for the two from Cerro de las Vueltas 
are exceptionally handsome things. i have supposed that the 
one from Laguna de la Escuadra is a known species, but 1 
shall be disappointed if those from las Vueltas are not new; 
they ought to be. 
It is a pity that Telipogohs are not more plentiful as 
to individuals. Lankester tells me he has seen them in 
abundance. .Perhaps he has told you of how he once went to 
Pacayas and was astonished to find that the great Cryptomeria 
trees there had burst into flower. On closer inspection he 
found they were covered with blossoming Telipogon plants. 
The genus is one interests me, but l have found the plants 
only by accident. 
I have never seen a Mltonia in flower, that is, in the 
forest. In San Jose this year I had an opportunity one day 
to buy some handsome flowering plants, but it was the day 1 
was leaving for Guanacaste, and 1 had no way of drying them, 
else I should not have delayed long in buying the plants. 
In case any of the plants collected by Torres and myself 
turn out to be new, 1 should be glad if you would name one 
or two for him. I should be glad also to have any of the new 
species named for Alfaro, if he has not some new ones of his 
own collecting, but l imagine he has. 
The article in the Transcript i did not see, but i saw 
one published here which may have been its inspiration, 
i did not have anything to do with it, and it was in fact 
prepared before 1 returned to Washington. I am not sure who 
was responsible for it, but 1 should not myself have made 
public such information, unless 1 felt sure you wished it 
done—l had no such belief. 
In the near future i Jsope to be able to get to work on 
some of the other parts of the Costa nican collection. 1 
have a fine collection of Eupatorium and Mikenia for hr. 
Robinson. A year ago 1 sent him about fifteen sheets of 
these groups that l had collected on the other trip--they 
were plants that l had not been able to determine here readily. 
It resulted that they represented six new species, and another 
described from Ecuador but never found before elsewhere. 
I think i have some more new ones this time. 
The Epidendrum in alcohol l hope may be something new. 
I do not believe 1 ever collected it before. The flo?/ers are 
quite handsome. i am curious to see if i am right about 
the urchidotypus. l have not looked up our specimens here 
for comparison, and perhaps 1 am altogether mistaken. At 
any rate, the plant from La Cima is a curious thing, growing 
out on the ultimate and smalles branchlets of the oak trees, 
where one would never look for orchids. 
The orchids from Guanacaste do not seem to me very in- 
