WU1 k90p rlsins * only after we can begin to reoegnlee 
our own species in fresh material that a feeling of joy oomoe, 
the reward of courage. Somebody has suggested that when syste*. 
atists pass to mother world, a fitting punishment would be 
have them se, at the task of determining their own speoiea, 
-..e u-dorlyine oonolusion is, that epealee-uaicers ore destined, 
in any case, to suffer in that place to which bad souls are 
sent. And while we are on this subject, I my as well tell 
you that my friend By. KTaenzlin of Wolfenbattel would h ve a 
sorry time of it, if he were to suffer the suggested punishment, 
he has just sent to me the types of some Philippine orchids 
that he published in Berlin. They consist in every case of mere 
scraps, X dent know what to do with them. I cannot recognise 
them. And I feel sure that they are simply old friends disguised 
The photographs are moat welcome. Shese will fM a very 
comfortable place in the herbarium and will, I hope, bo joined 
soon, by ample pieces of the originals. 
...ore mulling-tubas with bottles inside, will be forwarded 
to you from Boston, X am delighted to have you aek for more. 
Our good friend Powell simply hounds me for large bottles and 
tubes. He keeps a steady stream coming this way. How the aloo- 
..Oi gets by the frontier is a constant query with me. She al¬ 
coholic specimens aooompanied by herbarium material U, . won¬ 
derful aid to determination and to the preporatibnsof drawings. 
Tours faithfully. 
