Lankester, 2. &y 2, 1925 
I hope that the camera is working well and steadi¬ 
ly, Powell mats a camera just like yours with a complete sot of 
instructions from the factory for its manipulation. Ho makes his re¬ 
quest, hoping that it will roach ms when I ar. in good mood. Ingenuous 
old chapl He deserves a wilderness of cameras with a library of in¬ 
struction books d£ luxe , 
Tom Barbour .has roperled in that you are a good 
fallow cuid all that* I am delightad tc know that ho found you at 
hom& and ms able to moot you in the flesh, 
I am trying to get Siandley interested in another 
expedition to Costa Idea. If ho goes into the field next winter, I 
my steal a little tine to accompany 1dm in, I should like very 
much to watch him work -an area and share his enthusiasms. 
I an getting to the end of Standieys collection. 
As ho only found, about ion new species in Stalls, Plcurothallis and 
Epidendrun, it would seem that wo are getting to the end of the nov¬ 
elties in these genera for the months of $tandley*s visit, 1*11 bet, 
however, that ono of those dainty feasts of yours in some nook near 
Las Ccncavas will turn up some exasperating new things in dear 
fragments. Siandley*s specimens are a delight to work on. They are 
gems of the collectors art and make the herbarium look like a million 
Tours faithfully. 
