Powells' Horticultural Garden 
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Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama 
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BALBOA, C. Z., PANAMA- 
March. 26,1922 
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Ey dear Dr imes: 
I am sending you herewith 4 specimens of Mosses, 
till you kindly determine them for me. If you should wish for 
any reason to retain the specimens you can do so, but place a small 
piece of each in one of your specimen envelopes and write the name 
on the outside. 
1 am also sending you an empty seed capsule of a 
Selenipedium caudatum, v Warscewiczii l see Wo 153 of my Hew lot) 
I thought you might like to have it, because Veitch’s Manual, part 
IV, page 3 says at bottom of page- " that among the thousands of 
plants i Cypripediums) imported by us in the past So years, we have 
rarely noticed a single seed capsule". I found this capsule on 
one of the plants procured by me on my recent trip to Chiriqui. 
1 am much encouraged over my Selenipedium Xongi- 
foliuiri plants, hone have died as yet, though they are still sick, 
but appear in better condition. ' 
I have the prettiest little uncidfum flowering 
today. It has a long swan neck column, very slender and curved, 
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like a Cycnoches. It stands out boldly, overhanging the labellum, 
giving it a peculiar appearance. Specimen has already been sent 
to Dr Schlechter, procured while in Chiriqui. I also procured, 
some plants of my'Do 157 in Kew specimens, which I v/rote you that 
my one plant died and that I only had 2 flowers to preserve as a 
type. This has floweret since my return and will be sent on to Dr 
S with my next sending. 1 also procured 2 other^uncidiums, dont 
know what they are, never having seen them before. Will not flower 
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this season, l am quite sure,.being xnx with young growth. o 
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