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missed there, the Director kindly supplied later, in the way of 
tracings from types. We obtained a complete photographic record 
of the orchids in the Linneaean Herbarium. Then Leavitt went to 
Leiden to consult, draw and photograph Blame's types of Javan 
species. Eaton went to Paris and worked like a slave with pencil 
and camera. Some of the photographs he obtained served a useful 
purpose in Fascicle IT of Orchidaceae. I remained at Hew and 
found recreation in a close study of American types, flow- in 
sixteen years I have handled the collections of some forty or 
fifty collectors who have ranged from Palawan to the islands 
north of Luzon. From about two hundred speoies I have increased 
the number of species known to come from the Philippines to about 
one thousand. My herbarium of Philippine orchids is unrivaled and 
material is coming in from new and unexplored regions pretty fre¬ 
quently. Untouched specimens fill over one hundred herbarium pig¬ 
eon holes! \ 
I knew Rolfe well. He wanted very much to enter into joint 
authorship with me on the Philippine venture. Hemsley refused to 
let him do this as he was anxious to have Rolfe concentrate on 
the British Guiana flora. A little story about Rolfe may interest 
you at this time. When X was atiKew in October 1905 he frequently 
came to my table to talk about orchids and was very much interested 
in my methods of work. He always expressed an interest in my miero- 
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scope with camera lucida attachment with which I made records of 
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types. One day he brought to me an analysis of a new species arid 
akked to be allowed to use my equipment. He got on famously and 
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presented to me the results of his efforts. On my last afternoon 
at Hew I called to Rolfe and told him that if he would relieve me 
of the trouble of lugging my microscope and atta&chments back to 
the States he could hare them. Shortly after ay return to florth 
