£>55 Commonwealth Avenue, .'Boston, Mas8. May El, 1923 
My dear Mr. Powell. 
A large package of specimens has come to 
hand, also several mailing tubes with welcome contents. It 
would be difficult to convey to you in words the feelings of 
joy and satisfaction whioh your attention to my needs brings 
forth, 'fhe mailing-tube material, when accompanied by her¬ 
barium .specimens is of the utmost value in the study of your 
Panama orchids and will serve a wonderful purpose when I come 
to the point of illustrating the species. 
Mrs. Ames pulle d me away from work over 
the week-end, but I took along the interleaved copy of Crch. 
Powell and began to fill in the gaps which you have yet to fill 
in your intensive survey of the Panama region. You have missed 
so many old things that I begin to believe you have not begun 
to get hold of all the new species that await your searches. 
There must be numerous genera yet for your prying eyes to de¬ 
tect, especially genera that are characteristically terrestrial 
and elusive. You have yet to add Malaxis to the Flora of Pan¬ 
ama, a genus that occurs north and south of you. Please get 
after the humus loving orchids. A glimpse at some of the green 
and silver leaves of Jrythrodes would give you joy for a month. 
Schedulae Orchidianae 5 is at last ready 
for the press. I ought to get it off to-morrow. Then it will 
take about ten days to issue it. 
lira, dixies has reminded me that I worked 
like the devil all last summer, that I kept constantly at work 
night and day all last winter. That I used up much vitality 
in Honduras and Yucatan, and that unless I take a little time 
off this summer I will grow stale and useless. That wasit that 
