January 31, 1942 
Mr. C. E. Lankester 
Las Concavas, Cartage 
Costa Elea 
Dear Mr. L&n'.cester: 
I really must a plogize for being so terribly slow in an¬ 
swering yiur good letter of December 12* 
first as to the specimen Mormcdes which you enclosed. I think 
this is M. atroperpureurn Linctl,. - -is genus, as you know, is often 
most exasperating ana the flowers are phlyuorphic. 
I thank you -Iso for the snapshots of/your garden rich you en¬ 
closed. ortunately they arrived at a time when I was making up a 
plate on Costa Rica for the Bulletin and 1 have Included three of the 
best of them in it. erhaps you remember Ruth Bowel1 Svihla who 
visited your place last summer At ay rate, you 'i 1 see a small 
squib about it in the February is;ue of the Bulletin that you shoulid 
receive within a few days. 
I have not, as yet, done ;. nythink concerning your prase. I | 
think that Mr. W.K. Du ont who . ulc be fine ly the best person to 
& t v roach in the matter but X knwo that at tne present time she nas 
a'very bad case f war jitter- and I hardly think that now would be 
the time to approach her. I think, however, th t 11 it were pos.ible 
to have an occasional article and photographs in the bulletin it might 
help considerably. 
I have also had this idea, would you care to have someone come 
to your place and write it up for this "Visiting Your neighbor" brain¬ 
storm of mine which you iu-ve probably seen in the Bulletin? Ii this 
were satisfactory with you, would Alex Cohen be persona gratta, provide 
of course he would be willing to do the write-up. 
Mrs. Svihla was apparently very much impressed with your garden. 
and there is a good word or two of propaganda about it in the Bulletin. 
fith my regards I am 
Sincerely, 
LG / cl 
