Mr. Lancaster has sent me his first fruits of orchid collecting. 
Mne specimens only, but most of them of critical importance. The 
new speoias, throe in number, are already in manuscript and will be 
sent to the printer on Tuesday when Schedulae Orchidianae III goes 
co press. This will be rapid work, as A£r• Lankester*s package only 
arrived on Tuedday the ninth day of January, You will see what to 
expect when you begin to give me your new things. One of the lan? 
kester orchids is the largest flowered Stelis so far known to be a 
native Oi Central .^merica. He also sent me one of those peculiar 
ofishoots of Telipogon which has minute flowers and a very peculiar 
habit. 2© also turned up .lipi'dendrum physodes Reichb.f, a species 
whisli is rarer that hen§ teeth in herbaria. For the number of spec¬ 
imens sent ho surely made me greedy for what he can do as time goes 
by. The chief thing now is to beat Berlin. One interesting species 
proved to be gefersteinia oqstarloens&s Schltr. I am now convinced 
is — 
that this/nothing else than K. laotea Reichb.f. 
./hen I get back from Honduras I hope to have materials for a 
good paper. If you send material while I am away, I will work it up 
on my return and keep the Schedulae Orchidianae coming along at close 
intervals of time. 
The united fruit Company has promised co-operation in Costa Rica. 
I wonder ix I can make up for the time when my eyes were turned to¬ 
ward the Philippines and others got a foot-hold in Central Amerioa? 
It v411 be hard work to offset Tonduz, Brade, Vorckle, Amparo, and 
Jimenez and the big paper that Sohlechter is about to bring out on 
Costa Rica. But, a beginning has been made and I intend to keep on 
the job. 
Yours faithfully, 
