The first of last week X returned to Washington after a 
quite satisfactory four months in Honduras. I do not have as 
large a collection as I had hoped, chiefly on account of the 
uniavorahle weather. I had always wished to see a rainy season 
in Central America, and this year my wishes were more than satis¬ 
fied. At the beginning of January we had twelve days of almost 
continuous rain , ’fourteen inches of it tlie first day. I lost a 
great deal of time on account of the had weather. The flora of 
the Honduran coast is not so interesting as I had hoped., and 
does not compare favorably with that of the same region in Costa 
Rica, 
Most of my time was devoted to exploration of the Lancetilla 
Valley at Tela, for Popenoe wished me to prepare a flora of the 
valley, and I believe that will be a worth-while piece of work, 
I spent three weeks in the interior, collecting in the pine for¬ 
ests about Siguatepeque , where I found a large number of inter¬ 
esting plants—Liquidambar , Capplnus , oaks, royal and cinnamon 
f erns , etc. 
Of orchids I have rather more than I had expected, but prob¬ 
ably nothing remarkable. Bpidendrum radican s was growing about 
Siguatepeque, just as in central Cosfa’THica, and looked very 
familiar. Of woody plants I have a good collection, although 
not so many numbers as I had hoped to get. I know that there are 
nany good things among them. Incidentally, Frederick Coville, 
who is now the photographer at Lancetilla--he is a sone of 
Frederick V. .Coville—made over a hundred plant photographs 
for use in the Lancetilla flora. 
I have all the specimens here now., and expect to make them 
into sets shortly. Probably there will not be time to prepare 
the labels until I get to Chicago, but I shall send on the" 
Arboretum set soon, arranged in such a way that it will be an 
easy matter to insert the labels. I prefer to place the labels 
myself, and should do so were it not for the fact that I am 
leaving here before’they will be ready. 
I certainly appreciate the letter which X have just received 
from you, and I regret that it is not possible for me to make a 
more satisfactory reply. 
With best regards , 
