355 Gommon\.oalth Avenue, Boston, omos. 
March 13th, 1924. 
My dear Powell: 
My last letter to you ms written on February fifth. At that 
time I gave you to understand that I ms being driven pretty hard by the num¬ 
erous duties that I take on for the* benefit of ay correspondents. There lias 
been no lot-up, and the days cone to me with added burdens. This afternoon 
from one-thirty until five-ten, I read proof of the American Orchid List. 
Proof of Schedulao Grchidianae Ho. 7, is also coming in. And on top of this I 
have a paper for the Boston Post, on tho origin of agriculture, and for the 
American Orchid Society, a lecture to bo prepared for the "'ay meeting. Tho 
routine work of the laboratory 1ms boon devoted to specimens received from 
Washington and from the Now York Botanical Garden. Outside tho door there in 
a tall packing-case full of Philippine orchids that arrived two v/ceks ago. Tho 
cover 1ms not yet been removed. I have not yet bad time to work up tho orchids 
I collected in Honduras last year; in other words, my own interests wait on the 
pleasure of my friends. To-day I began work on a rocont collection received 
from Lankcster, and I have begun again to examine your specimens. If after read¬ 
ing the above, you think I have been neglectful of your desires, add to every¬ 
thing I have mentioned, my work at the Botanical Museum t/hrere I have had in 
hand tho reorganisation of the collections. 
I ran up to the bank this afternoon to get a check for you. I 
send this enclosed, and I am ashamed to confess that I do not know how far be¬ 
hind in my payments my neglect of you lias carried me. Please let me know how 
your books stand, and I shall bo prompt in extinguishing my indebtedness to you, 
PO’ILL 371. This is a nighty interesting addition to your 
list. It is Trichoccatrun nanamonso Rolfa. Whether or not this will prove to 
be distinct from T. capiatmtuq lioichb. f, is a question for which the answer 
lies in additional material 
