January 20, 1933 
My dear Mr. Edwards* 
Your letters of January 8 and 10 are just 
in. It was delightful to receiie word from you again and to learn 
that you are safe and once more at 8 guatepeque which seems to 
he an ideal region for orchids. The reason I have not written to 
you before, is found in my fear that the mails were too uncertain. 
I gained this impression from what you wrote in your last letter 
mailed in Uovember 1932, 
Bow I shall await the a rival of the nine 
packages you are sending. They should come in by the end of next 
v/eek or a little later. The November 6th shipment came through 
all rigt and MIS the determihations will follow on another page. 
You will find that there are several new species. 
Regarding our future relations I am as yet 
uncertain. Ye have to make our 1933-34 budget early in February, 
’..hen the figures are before me that indicate the available income, 
I shall know exactly what I can offer you. Rest assured that I 
shall favor your enterprise in cutting down on others. As you must 
know all of our universities are hard hit by the DEPRESSION and 
it is necessary to cut everywhere. Our existing contract calls for 
V[ 3»100,oo if we include the extra fifty dollars included in the 
Dece ber check. It should be possible to find that amount plus 
five. hundred dollars for the next year, and if so, I shall be quite 
v/illing to advance the four himdred dollars you specify, just as 
soon as my budgetary figures are in hand I shall write to you at 
once and remove all doubt from this transaction. I dont promise 
anything, but I suggest that you will do well to await word from me 
before committing yourself to dealings with others, 
I discussed your work with my colleagues at the 
Arboretum this morning. I gain the impression that they are better 
satisfied with yout work than they appeared to be at first, but I 
also gain the impression that they are not favorably impressed by 
the amount of the material collected. Just what you can do about 
this.j. do not know, but surely you will be able to step up pro¬ 
duction from now on. The herbaceous things, by the way are always 
welcome. Dr. Standley informs me that the yellow lotus from Lake 
yojoa is an addition to the flora of Central America. This species, 
. elumoiuia luteum , has been found in Colombia and in the West Ind¬ 
ies, but never before, so far as we know in Central America, I am 
sure that Wtandley would like to have a specimen if you again visit 
tie lake and find the plant in bloom, A grass that you collected is 
also new to Central America. 
I hope the two packages of bottles reached you 
and that it is to these you refer in your letter of January 10. It 
may be well to send additional bottles and drierers and anything 
else you may need, I hope the mails become normal so that large 
packages will move freely again. It would cost a fortune to send 
bulky packages by air-mail. 
