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Three hundred and fifty-five 
Commonwealth A-venue 
months. When the flowering season is practically over, 
the man you hare trained oould be retained in your 
garden at fifty dollars per month to do routine work 
and to make such excursions as reason would warrant. 
In this way I would hare the feeling that ay invest¬ 
ment was wise and there would be no likllhood of the 
very human thought that my subscription to the enter- 
prise questionable. 
It i3 with the understanding that you will agree 
with me that I enclose-as a preliminary draft to your 
order for two hundred dollars. If you do sgfeo with me 
I am ready to send the neoessary additional funds and 
equipment to carry on our project as outlined in my 
paragraph #4 above. 
When you receive this letter please read it close¬ 
ly. I am sure that there is need for go- operation be¬ 
tween us, not only for the pleasure that we should de¬ 
rive from constructive work in a fascinating flora, but 
for the advantages our efforts would bring to American oi] 
orehidologfcrUndoubtedly the best plan is to begin. As 
our project goes forward modifications may be made and 
instituted* 
Yours faithfully. 
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Mr. C. W. Powell, 
Balboa, Panama. 
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