August 8, ID32* 
My dear Mr, Edwards* 
I was delighted to find a package of specimens 
and a bottle of preserved material at the Art return this morning. 
The first paragraph of your letter of July 
27th certainly made me draw a breath of relief. To know that the 
check cowering the first p yaent due you on account of your services 
is in your hand removed the horrid fear that the Bursar’s letter 
had either gone astray or been inordinately delayed. 
The specimens are a pure dfelig&t. Perfectly pre¬ 
pared and bio st carefully packed, hot a leaf' out of place and every 
flower in proper position. Bor your records 1 will say that the 
series in hand constitutes numbers 13b—£07 with 157 appearring twice. 
I have not as yet made a critical stud;- of the species, but I am sure 
you will be pleased tc have lay observations, even though some of them 
may have to be revised later. 
y 188 is a noble find. It is the extraordinary 
l&elici Mi by ana that in the real:: of hybridization has revolutionized 
the hybrids of Cattley and India, This species has not been found 
in Honduras heretofore, so it is ann addition to your conquests and 
takes a blue card in the catalogue. 189 is Brassave! a cucnllata . This 
is also an addition to the flora of Honduras. It is a fine thing and 
most acceptable. 190 may be Oncidims car thaginense . If bo, it is an 
addition to the flora of Honduras. 19l ic~ r C isparettiTalcsta . This 
new to Honduras, but furthermore, when aided to your "11, bcelociiilus 
Tuerckheimii , completes the known representatives of the Group 
Comparettinae so far known to occur in Honduras, 197a id Harcoglott&s 
pi eta I found this at Tela. £00 is a delightful thing. I tale it to 
be Lipgri£ vexillifara and the, first member of the genus to be found 
in Honduran. Tor your guidance I will say that 197a is the plant with 
green and white leaves* 
You are certainly doing a good job where the 
orchids are concerned and Hr. ICobuski said this morning that your woody 
plants are improving and are good. 
He cannot improve on those pigs«f||et bottles you 
have been using. They dont leak and they seem to stand posting. 
Bpidendrum Edward si i' lias been launched and I am 
planning to issue a plate of it in the next number of the Museum LSAFETS, 
I have already issued a plate of H. rhynchophorum. I will send you 
copies at once. I am hoping that you "will find some more new species 
probably in the Lake Yojoa country, 
I note the chug- in your address, bill mail be 
forwarded to you from Comayagua. I have already sent severs letters to 
that address. Perhaps it will be well, if possible, jto have a permanent 
address. Or perhaps you take care of the situation when you move about^g 
ith all good wishes. 
