355 Goanonr/ealth Avenue, loston, ”aso. 
April 27th, 1924. 
Hy dear Langoster: I have been unsuccessful in ny attempts to 
occur© slides for your camera. It would noon tliat the mnufactur- 
oro have ceased the production of the kind you need. If you 
can send the camera to no, I an ure that I could have new slides 
adapted to it. 
decently ’ have b on contemplating a trip to the Amson tills 
ouacor. In fact I have reservations for Juno 14th, but I an savor¬ 
ing now, and I think I shall stick to ny horse tasks until I can 
soc an end of thee. If Siandloy succeeds in bringing hone safely 
the material he Iras collected for no, I an afraid that ny hopes 
of a lull in work ..ill be extinguished. 
Gurney ilson, Editor of the Orchid r.oview, has boon with no 
to-day. I showed bin ny herbarium, and then passed the afternoon 
with bin at the University Euscun whore ho found much of interest 
in ny laboratory of economic botany. 
Ey dear riendt Do you suppose you could make for no an herb¬ 
arium specimen of the plant (tree) from which cocobola wood is ob¬ 
tained. Just a twig with flowers and loaves, "hen I made ny one 
night stop in San Jooo, I purchased a oano made of cocobola wood 
and I want to bo euro that it represents a species of Dalborgia. 
I xi pushing ahead with the publication of the now species 
