355 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass, Dec, It, 1923. 
My dear Lankester: I have just returned from Phila¬ 
delphia from a meeting held in celebration of the birth 
of Joseph Leidy. I went as a delegate of the Linnean 
Society of London. At the Academy of Sciences, I met 
Dr. RindgeC?), Secretary of the Academy, who referred 
to you with admiration in his voice when he described 
your shill in the field, I must alio?/ the lure of the 
tropics full sway soon, and discover for myself, the 
man who stimulates delightful thoughts in those who have 
met him. 
Shore is not much to report from here. I wish, how¬ 
ever, that your diligence gave me more opportunities to 
serve you and to make long lists of things. 
Afiree subjects keep us pretty much on the alert 
these days: the soldiers* bonus, tax-reduction and the 
German mark. When these subjects fail or get talked out, 
there is always the rum-fleet, the bootleggers and the 
evils of prohibition to carry on the entertainment afford¬ 
ed by social gatherings. Do you wonder that a package of 
orchids from Lankester is an acceptable diversion for 
a winter evening. 
She portrait gallery of Pleurothallis is progressing 
slowly, and is about ready for publicity. 
Yours of the 23th, November has just come in. Of 
course, the paragraph that held my attention closest is 
the one which refers to your willingness to go out of 
your way to help me. When I see Mr, Cutter again, I will 
pop the question about a railroad-pass. In the meantime, 
use the small sum of fifty dollars enclosed in this let¬ 
ter. 
Mow, with regard to Stork*s Epidendruma* Ihey are 
two species that you might easily pass by because of 
their resmblance to £. MMmm and j£. uaranthicum . She 
supposedly new Stelis, turned out to be cncullata Ames. 
Shis was collected south of Catago. 
Why not send me one of your camera slides as a sample. 
I will, try to duplicate it or have new ones made for you. 
_ The photograph of JQuflKCl* is a dandy, ' 
l 5 his will make a valuable addition to the herbarium. But 
above all things, I like to have a dried flower or two 
to complete the record. Please make a note and hang it 
on your shaving-mirrow.Ames vmnts Odontoglossum krameri 
