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My dear Mr. Powell; 
Sched. Orch. #4 was placed in the mail for you 
this afternoon. I sincerely hope that this issue will please you 
and 397 aa useful purpose in your reference library. I am afraid it 
is a bit dull as a reading proposition, although there are one or 
two pages that should have significance for you. 
This morning your letter of the P5th, April came 
in. I immediately Inserted the enclosures in the herbarium marking 
each envQ&pp with the date of deposit. I find that "do it now" is 
the best of our modern proverbs in herbarium matters as a postpone 
ment is sure to lead to future confusion. 
Your letter to Schleohter is both fair and reason* 
able. I approve of its lines and I congratulate you on its logical 
sequence. Although Schleohter may be pardoned for a great disappoint¬ 
ment at the turn affairs have taken, he is thoroughly German in his 
point of viww. He is oblivion; of everything except his deep desire 
to have the Central American orchid flora within his eager grasp. And 
this notwithstanding the fact that another man is engaged in a mono¬ 
graphic treatment of the orchids for the United States national Mus¬ 
eum. I say this because there is a certain amount of etiquette con¬ 
nected with such matters under certain circumstances. If he persists 
in his efforts there is sure to be a great amount of confusion creat¬ 
ed which will not benefit science one bit. Even nov? I am not sure 
but that an early mail may bring in his promised work on Costa Rican 
orchids and reduce tai synonymy many of my proposed new species. 
How, to change tho subject: I picked up a bottle today numbered 
181 with the contents designated as Ionopsis utricularioides . There 
is surely some mistake here, as the flowers are those of Comparettia, 
probably of C^. falcata Poepp. & Endl. Schlochter does not give this 
