uurdehed me with questions about the Philippine Lis', or about 
the proof of Standardised Horticultural Ilaiaee, a work for which 
my laboratory is doing- the orchid genera. As a mutter of fact I 
have found that in Boston, it is only after the evening comes and 
1 oan eet'cle down to uninterrupted studies that X male© progress, 
will be well for you to join with me in impatience for the end. 
of September, 
Regarding the Standardised Horticultural Haems, I think I 
may have some reprints. One of these will go to Powell, 
Ily understanding was that you w re in funds to September, 
four letcer of the 18th seems to confirm that understanding, I 
will get a oh© ok off to you when I go to Boston next week. 1 
think, for the par©sent, that we may as well operate on the old 
basis. I agree with you that the fruits of the first year have 
not been all that we might wish, but I am an old hand at the gave 
and I .snow that results are slow in the orchid game, On the other 
h nd I am rot sure just what the first year has yielded because I 
have not had the tim to overhaul the field specimens and a number 
of you mounted specimens tteedrf attention. When I have settled 
down to the intensive work on Panama material that I intend to 
begin '.hen I move to town, it will be time enough to express any 
disappointment that I may feel. You may be sure of one thing: it 
is worth a great deal to me to know that you are interested in 
oui cooperative senome ant. that you derive a little pleasure from 
it, I do not undervalue the herbarium you have contributed awl 
I do not measure its significance by the dollar standard, I do 
not overlook the wealth of bottled specimens from whioh it will 
be possible to construct an illustrated flora of the Isthmus. 
