June 19th, page four/ 
OAKES AMES, DIRECTOR. BOTANIC CARDEN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. U.S.A. 
your notes, it will be possible for me to color ray camera- 
lucida drawings with some approach to accuracy.. A gra&t 
scheme if you have the patience for it. fry this out and 
I will send you a sample drawing-- If we can maintain 
our enthusiasm we ought to have barrels of fun together 
although geographically isolated! 
With the slat press I ordered sent to you an additional 
supply of felt driers. These are the regulation thing and 
will give you far better results than news-papers. I have 
already written a description of the methods we use here, 
that is the method of transferring specimens from wet to 
dry felt driers in permanent news-paper stock folders. If 
after speciraena have been drying for a day or so the flowers 
/3-tot' Q 
are plaoed between ^sheets of blotting paper and ironed with 
a flat-iron you can keep the colors of most things almost 
perfectly, I used to do this with Pslhiopedium hybrids and 
their parents. These dry in a most unsatisfactory way un¬ 
less they are ironed until thoroughly dry. This method takes 
time and is only resorted to when very fine examples are need 
©d, and color is of paramount importance in drawing distinct¬ 
ions. 
W^U ry\ C\fJ ^ 
I wont bother you^any more writing. I have used up 
enough of your time for a little while. 
Yours faithfully, =- 
C.W,Powell, 
