Powells Horticultural Garden 
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Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama 
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minations until I can go to Viena and examine the Reichenb&eh her¬ 
barium, where are deposited very nearly all of the known Panama types. 
That it would be best for me and for the ©rchid world that this be 
done. That he expected to go to Viena in the early summer of 1 ?2'l , 
and he begges me to continue sending specimens and to await that time. 
This I agreed to and continued to send on specimens until his fatal 
illness. In fact two packages reached him after he was taken sick, 
which were sent before I was advised of his illness. I then discon¬ 
tinued sending^having sent him a total of 176 distinct specimens. 
Soon thereafter I received a letter from the librarian of Kew, advis¬ 
ing me that all of my specimens were in the Herbarium and they would 
be taken up at as early a date as possible. 
I will here regress a little, luring the summer of 1^20, Ir 
Schlechter wrote me saying that he was advised that I had a large 
collection of Panama Orchids and he solicited specimens for identi¬ 
fication or determination. That he had access to Reichenbach herb¬ 
arium, and was in possession of Wagners and others, I wrote him 
then that as I was -under obligations to Mr Rolfe, I thought it best 
not to divide or duplicate specimens. This began a most pleasant 
correspondence, he sending me his publications and purchased others 
for me. In our correspondence I mentioned to him that Mr Rolfe 
had made very few identifications for me and told him Mr Rolfes rea¬ 
sons therefor. About May 1st last he wrote me saying " now that 
Mr Rolfe is dead and your specimens laying dormant in Kew with no 
saying when they will be acted upon, I will be most delighted to have 
you send your specimens to me and I will faithfully promise that not 
more than two weeks shall elapse from receipt until determinations 
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