1932 
October 12, 
My dear Lr« Edwards* 
Being at a distance, in a country where delays in the 
ffiail were to be expected, it vfculd seem that once you had money in hand to 
cover expenses over and above your wages* you should have apportioned the 
money in such a ?ay that a delay in receiving your next check would not of 
necessity have brought inconvenience. In July I sent to you •; 1,300,00. Of 
this amount, unless you pai>d yourself in advance for three months, there 
should have been available for an assistant, six months wages at $75 a month, 
provided you kept a full time man; .100,00 for suppli es; $50,00 for postage; 
and $250,00 for travelling, I have no criticism of the piano you make for 
the use of money advanced, but it is very disconcerting to feel that you are 
pressed for funds and in that event, worrying about the fate of cheks in 
transit, while i at my end, know not what to do and^receive calegrams that 
cause twmhh anxiety. It would seem that you shouldVbaBking facilities of 
some kind to keep a supply of money on hand pendingtthe arrival of additional 
funds. We do not want our work interrupted for lack of money in the field. 
Had you told me on July first, that notwithstanding the expected arrival of 
funds, you would find it difficult to finance j^our undertaking throug Sep¬ 
tember, I \%ould have arranged to send a check by the very next mail. It seems 
to me that you should be prepared to go on for twice mail time, say thirty 
days, before hoisting distress signals. Think what would be the situation if 
our collectors in China measured time on an air-mail basis with a regularity 
of delivery that characterizes communication between Few York and Florida, 
I certainly hope that the September check has arrived and that you are in a 
position to carry on until I can nrrang' to have your wages for the next 
quarter sent forward, 
Your #250 is not an orchid. It is a small species of the 
genus Hnguicula, The Gray Herbarium people will be pleased to have it, #234 
in the same bottle with #250, is Fleurothallis hastate . 
Eos. 102, 224 and 242 appear to represent a single species, 
242 being the mall form with pendulos raceme of small flowers, and 22:4 and 
102 beinf th© large flowered female form, I am anxious to have you keep on the 
watch for specimens of this genus. It is a most puzzling one and much work 
needs to be done on it. I spent all day yesterday puzzling over #242. The 
structure of the flov.er suggests Cycnochee ve ntricosum male, but it has the 
sepals and petals spotted and ggrees with some hex!can and Guatemalan plants 
in my herbarium that have been erroneously referred to C. ventricosum. How 
I am wondering if we have an undescribed species in hand or" a spotted form 
11 1 f©rurn. Sometimes both the male and female inflcrescencessEre found 
simultaneously on the same plant. Then one form is found, careful search for 
tne other should be made in the locality and an attempt made to- detect relation 
ship, I nave already gone into this matter at some length, so I fancy that you 
