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OAKES AMES.director. 
BOTANIC CARDEN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. U.S.A. 
My dear Mr, Powell: 
June 29 th, 1922. 
The good news of the discovery of deieni - 
podium Chioa came through promptly by cable and brought mueh 
joy into this part of the world. When flowers are obtainable 
a few should be placed in forma?ine solution. This is one of 
the rare species that has not yet boon satisfactorily describ¬ 
ed. If you give m® a record of th© colors by means of the book 
X sent you, and submit a key sketch for their distribution, it 
will be possible to have Mrs. Arses make a water-color drawing 
for the heroariuts. OOiMhA2U1AT 10US. ? 
Yesterday your letter with the proposition 
to publish your results in cna of my volumes oi' Orohidaceaa 
arrived. There is one very serious objection to this at the 
present time, I will tell you about it. Volume eight has been 
planned as aa Orohljf Flora of Mexico and will not appear un¬ 
til late next year. In the meantime Ur, Standiey*a Flora of 
Central America will take up most of my time and it is of 
the first importance that your Panama orchids appear before 
I complete mj p&rp of Stanley's enterprise. It would be 
foll^y to go to press with the full knowledge that scores of 
new species would be described almost on the day of publicat¬ 
ion of what should be a verjr thorough survey of the Central 
