355 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., 0. s. A* 
March 10th, 1920. 
My dear Dr. Solleohter: 
I ms delighted to receive your letter 
of 5th February with your suggestions regarding the publicat¬ 
ion of orchid monographs. I really think we might do a good 
piece of work if we could get together in some way and co¬ 
operate in the handling of the different genera* I will take 
this matter up in detail at another time. Just now I am in 
the midst of preparations for a trip to Cuba. X leave to— 
morrow. X expected to reach Havana in February, but the labor 
conditions there were to unsettled ana owing to troubles at 
the dooxs the steamer in which I engaged passage was taken 
off. 
A few days ago I sent to your address vol. v of Orohid- 
aceae. This should reach you in a week or so. Vol. VI will 
be ready for distribution in about t\vo months. 
I have received the reprints you have so kindly sent to 
me . They have been very helpful and I have derived a grea$ 
deal of profit from them. Your treatment of the Central 
American species is very interesting. 
We have had very exceptional winter. The snow has been 
extraordinarily heavy and traffic has been sadly disarranged. 
I have been unable to get to my country house and at times 
communication has been so difficult that supplies have not 
been gotten from the farm to the railroad. When I return from 
Cuba I expect to he able to get to my laboratory again and 
I will make sketches for you of the Guam orchids you mention 
