Powells' Horticultural Garden 
ORCHIDS ON l_Y 
Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama 
BALBOA, C. Z., PANAMA _ NOVCmber 5,1922 _192 
My dear Dr Ames: 
I have the photographs of your beautiful home and 
•grounds, together with that of Mrs Ames and your daughter, all of 
which have been added to the Herbarium sheet for permanent preser¬ 
vation. Will you please accept my warmest thanks for them. 
Please say to Mrs ikes, that besides giving the 
Orchid lovers the very great pleasure she has done by her beautiful 
drawings in the Orchidaceae, she has been the cause of a miracle. 
My daughter,who is here with me, after our studying many times these 
drawings said to me some six w^eeks ago that she believed she could 
learn to draw Orchids. I laughed at her, because I had never thought 
of her as a pencil artist. I told her that she could not draw a cow. 
She replied I am going to try it anyhow, and if I can do so I will 
learn to draw and illustrate your flower sheets as Mrs Ames does those 
of Dr Ames. To humor her I told her n to go to it". She got her a 
flow'er, pencil and tab and produced a very creditable drawing from 
life. Since, she has from time to time drawn a flower and shown me 
and her progress is simply wonderful. I am sending you two of her 
attempts. Remember that up to six weeks ago she had never made .any 
effort to draw and did not know she could. These tw'O are from life, 
pretty good^are they not ?. Ofcourse she and I both know that these 
■would not do for permanent work- they are only sent you because of 
the pride I have in her discovery and for which she thanks Mrs Ames. 
Tery sincerely yours 
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