355 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass. 
December 31st, 1922. 
My dear Mr. Powell: I have received your letters of December £Oth ( 
with copies of letters to ana from Dr. Sohlechter enclosed. I have 
also received the specimens of which you enclosed a list in your 
letter of December 8th. 
BPIEBKIBUM 259 is S. dl fforme Jaoq. 
I do not understand the situation with regard to the paper de¬ 
voted to your orchids that Schleohter has in hand. In his letter to 
you of November 23d, he informs you that it is ready for the printer. 
But that he was waithing to receive money from you before printing. 
On November 25th, he wrote to me that the manuscript was about to be 
sent to the printer. In a hurried note received from him on December 
28th, ha writes that the Powell orchid paper is in print. If you give 
these dates close attention you will come to the conclusion that they* 
print and read proof faster in Berlin than they do here.x 
I am pleased to fcear from you that the express checks arrived 
safely. As I understand the financial situation you are well provided 
with cash and behind in expenditures owing to the fact that you were 
still without the services of the second native when yon wrote to me 
on December 3d, It would be well, I think, to keep some kind of a rec¬ 
ord so that we can know qt any time just how we stand. I will get an¬ 
other draft off to you sometime next week. 
Under another cover, day before yesterday, I mailed to you a copy 
of Plate I from Schedulae Orohidlanae. I hops this will amuse you. The 
next number of the Schedulae should come out next week. A copy will 
be sent to you on the day of publication. 
I note that Schleohter has Identified your 131 as ffldcma Boothii 
Sohltr. var. I do not understand the species name, if the material I 
have seen in the Kew Set and the specimens Schleohter has are conspeci 
