If a s a 
'■< Vi Csrt 8 »«*o 4 lt!i Ivotioo, Ccsi os, 
,5 « ;; o a r 5 2 h , l : S ? I . 
l f y de«r Dr . Fc:h1 e c ht e r : 
Your itfiruscrj pt of tji.e- f.yste® and 
Oroh-i d- Croupe arr ved ye e t e r- d a y. j; have hardly had a chance 
to look -at the tinrk c-ar'ef,u! 1 y, .but 7 noted the ct-mber of' 
genera included and felt, a bit d.J Roour.sfsd at the task it 
rill he to define these so that future generations car tell 
’chare one leaver off and t. hr ot her begins. You have omitted 
Sp st hi't/er’ fmall based or: of 3 dendr*us ri didue, • #ul 5?a Fel isb. ‘ 
which -Small recoSni re - , fp i ol ad i um used by' Snail for Pnoy-c.' 
Pofthi'sr.ms, /r.acbei'l iut. Foff®d. arc! Kide«a Fritter for trej-c. 
O'ttoni'B. Surely you do rot rich these added to your list of 
genera, and yet, if re are to be consistent I cannot see hot 
re car pass over the work of Pritt on and : c a 1 1 . J al so not. a 
your- use of the "1" for* of the i-er.erk of the Gyp r i ped i 1 i h ao . 
I was discussing this matter of i>«i*r a, poor! y conceived- 
ortfciw'raf hi cal 1 y by their authors, with Hr. 0. L, Robinson,for 
whose c p rion with regard to the rie-e/tiee of us/age I have 
s ve f v deep respect. 1 e r a s emphatic in holding, that- we have 
no botanical rlight to make chares it the spelling of these 
genera. I also rote that you. retain P ay hi op ed il urn. For thi's 
group should re not take up Condole Paf.C /rd what about 
Pissipee for Cyp r'ipediuw soaalei T s am the other day a pub¬ 
lication with regard to the soil conditions that prevail in 
the homes of our native orchids of ben n >' 1 a r. d. and t he author 
found just if icetior for rite*ye* »s * de-rus because it differs 
in its aoi 1 requirements from the other Cyprif edi‘a of our 
loo-al flora! T have a strong’ "cc-1 5*itf that the literary 
sources of the genera should be given Tf you rill ag.Vee to' 
this T can have my &t?;:i start add the ' -ef ere roes. 
