Sohleohter April 22, 1 20-—3 
take up some of the groups that offer perplexities, I might 
he able to finance you if you do not feel that you can bear 
the expense. We might do some collecting together. It would 
also he well for you to do some work with me on some genus 
that we could p&biish conjointly. As I am now situated it 
would he difficult for me to come to you. 
You ask about illustrations. It seems to me that we 
ought to he lavish with plates and text-cuts. It would he 
a shame to eoomomize in this very useful department of 
taxonomic botany. 
I have been working out in my own mind the final treat¬ 
ment of Dondrochilum. Perhaps it will be necessary to re-in¬ 
state Aooridium, bfct I am not ready just now to do this. I 
worked over additional material during the winter and I was 
just about ready to monograph the genus when university 
work drew my attention to other fields* As I have more mat¬ 
erial of hendrochilum and more types than anybody else I 
hope nobody will interfere with my little monopoly. I would 
like to handle this group in ”FOLIA”. 
I am sorry to say that part of your Gosiombia orchid 
paper is missing. Some of the pages, too, were badly hurt 
because of tho manner you adopted for sending them through 
the mail. I hope you will be able to send me the complete 
work before long, also the balance of your monograph of the 
Spiranthinae. This paper is still incomplete and stops at 
a very exasperating place. 
I am very anxious to receive material from you. As I 
have informed you above we are very deficient in orchid 
material in this country and we need every scrap of evidence 
that wo can assemble. 
It will be very interesting to know how you react to 
this very incoherent letter. I hoped to be able to put down 
what I wished to say in much less space, but I am afraid the 
subject needed space equal to that I have used. 
Yours very truly. 
Dr. Rudolf Sohleohter 
Barlin-Sohoenberg, L'euo Culmstr. 5a 
