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going to press. 
Just at present I am in a most uncertain frame of mind as to ray 
trip to Central America. The United Fruit Co. is felling large areas 
of forest in Honduras. Most attractive facilities for collecting there 
have been offered to me by the Fruit Co. As you must realize!? the 
orchid flora of Honduras is very little Anown. Consequently 1 am burn- j\ 
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ing with the desire to get among the tumbling trees to stuay their 
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epiphytic freight. Another attraction is Yucatan, hr. Spinden of the ' 
Peabody Museum of Anthropology has begged me to accompany him to 
that fascinating region. Your Panama, and the fact that seme of the 
biologists from here are going there in late January, calls with a 
strong appeal. I want to go to ail three places. If the time element 
allows me to follow my inclinations i will reach Panama. The chief 
difficulty seems to be* the difficulties of getting from Yucatan to 
Honduras without using up so much time that Panama must be postponed 
until next year. The fact that you are working in Panama makes it 
seem wisest for me to concentrate on Honduras. As the calls of Science / 
are what we must consider, 1 think you will agree with me that the 
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best plan is to forego, ilf n ecessary , the pleasures of a meeting be- , , 
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tween us this winter. 
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In making my plans for collecting in Honduras I have been con- 
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templating the best methods to adopt for making good specimens. I 
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find that in the tropics the corrugated boards that we space between/ 
drying specimens, flatten out under the influence of moisture. low 
I am investigating corrugated aluminum. It seems to me that sheets 
of thin aluminum would hold their shape if corrugated or "pyramided" 
and that they would form damp-proof walls between the driers. Why do 
you not try sheets of tin or other available metal. I think the idea 
is worth carrying out. 
