you have not yet passed the one thousand 
mark. If you will estimate the coax per specimen of your collections,I am 
will 
sure that you will realize that you/find every reason to be satisfied 
with the arrangement that has been in force, and to understand why we 
would much prefer to pay for specimens at a stated rate. x>ut your refer¬ 
ence to financial loss makes me pause, I cannot consent to let you go 
on working for the Arnold Arboretum at a lo a to yourself. You will re¬ 
member that you made your own terms and that I have paid you more than 
those terms called for. hen you asked to have the amount raised to 
thirty-six hundred dollars, I agreed to make this amount the basis for 
Honduran exploration. How you tell me that you will have used up all of 
your money before July first, when under our arrangement the lirst pay¬ 
ment on the new contract would be due. That is, as our fiscal year be¬ 
gins on July first, the payment for the first quarter would not be mailed 
until July first. This puts me in another state of uncertainty. The best 
plan will be to send to you four hundred dollars at once and four hundred 
on July first, with the understanding that before that time you will nave 
come to very definite plans with regard to the future, Thatis, whether 
you really prefer to collect for as many institutions as possible in 
varied fields or whether you prefer to devote all of your time to ex¬ 
ploration for the Arnold Arboretum, In any event we cannot afford to do 
anything unfaix* or inconsiderate and it will be our aim to save you from 
loss while you are making up your mind to shift to another type of field 
work. In this conne tion I suggest that you send a sample collection of 
insects and bird skins to me. I will show these to my colleagues at the 
lluseum of Comparative Zoology, It may be that you will find an outlet for 
some of your collections there. In closing our relations I should wish to 
feel that I had helped you in your new venture. In any event, you could 
count on the Arboretum for taking orchids and woody plants. But, we would 
not be under any obligations to identify the material purchased. 
