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mens is not a large amount of material for daily col¬ 
lecting through a whole year, it is perhaps beyond the 
realm of reason when the time for field work is in a 
measure governed by climatic conditions. 
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Although the advantages offered under headings 
b,c,d,e,&f of your letter of October 24th might prove 
attractive at some future time, I am unable to profit 
by them now. Shis being the case, ay expenditure would 
be non-productive except for clause "a”, Men if I wish#* 
ed to take advantage of the facilities offered for field 
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men and experimental efforts, there is no immediate pros 
pact of my being able to do so, because I have no filed 
workers near Panama and have no means at present of dir 
acting experimental work so far away from home. 
You will understand, then, that my reaction to 
proposition is stimulated wholly by present prospects 
and by the probability of successful field-woti being 
dona through a space of twelve months. 
In my mind the thought is prevalent that a trial 
enterprise would be the wisest policy. Why not limit the 
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peak-load to the best orchid season, say three or four 
