Larch 18, 1933. 
Ly dear Hr. Edwards: Your letters dated Feb. 11,14 and larch 3 have 
been received. I uould have answered them promptly had it not b- en 
lor my absence in the .vest Indies. I returned home last bond ay and 
to-night I am off for Florida to be away until the first of April. 
The package of orchids noted in your letter of 
ietJ * 14, arrived in good condition. Very excellent material. There 
i re several aditions to the fldra of Honduras, but no ne* species. 
I wrote to you on February 22 to inform you that 
I had provided thirty-six hundred dollars in my budget for 1933-34 
to cover your work as a collector f the Arnold Arboretum. I hope 
my letter has reached you by this time and that the anxietyexpressed 
in your letter to me of the third Larch h s evaporated. If we adopt 
the same procedure as last year, the first check on account of the 
new contract would go to you on July first. If my 1932-33 finances 
are in good shape in _ay, it might be well to send you a check then. 
I am indded sorry to le rn of your illness. I hope 
you have recovered satisfactorily and that you are now in the be&t of 
health. 
If Comayagua is a poor base from which to operate 
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lor orcnids, would it not be wise to move to some very dd>fferent/from 
any you have yet collected in? And please let me know whether you have 
arranged a permanent post office address. The missing orchids have not 
yet arrived. 
Yours sincerely, 
