Sovember 3» 193£, 
.y dea r Mr. MWds* me package containing orchids of the 643 and 
following numbered scries has arrived in perfect condition, accompan¬ 
ied by two bottles of al/coholic material. 1 Save not yet and an 
opportunity to make identifications, but there are several new things 
including at least one new tribe. I will report on the specimens in 
full. When I write again. 1 am delighted with the ^terial and 1 
enjoy working it up. 
I am glad to learn that the check has reached you at tact. I o® 
sorry that there should have been such a long delay, and to avoid a 
similar one X am instructing the liursar to send forward at ones the 
check that would ordinarily be mailed to you on uecem-ii 
also requesting sir mail tranemis sion. X am making the paym nt an 
even five hundred dollars, the extra fifty being to keep you in any 
needed supplies and to help out on mule hire, aossitance etc. 1 wish 
it were possible to grant your request regarding tie -ord 
But we are operating on a reduced budget owing to tae '<-pieesion 
cab not advance large sums at this time. Such an expenditure new £& 
interfere with my plan to offer to you another year of sorvice. X realic 
the advantages that would come from the possession of motor transpor¬ 
tation, but economy is indicated and X must folio- tne 
X have instructed ay assistant to forward to you some driers, newel 
stock and bottloe. It may be some time before these reach you. It might 
pay when you are in Tegucigalpa to purchase some pickled pigs feet in 
bottles and get your supply with a food element included. That is if 
you like pickled pigs feet, an a, tide of diet that I personally die- 
