I Plot your letter rrgarid fig the cheque this corning (Feb. 
SI) and' it was good news to learn that it was acceptable and 
stirs to help sour work, To-morrow is a holiday here, so I can 
not set the baleace of the no,say off to you ontii Wednesday. I 
shall not forget it, 
I have besn giving close attention to the details of the 
Folia and eae or two questiofcs have come to Kind tjat 1 would 
like to have you answer. How close to a critical revisionVf • 
the Orchidaceae do you expect to some in listing the species? 
i'ith types widely scattered and in as any oases difficult to 
study it lay often prove impossible to make- a compressive- sur- 
vs.y of the larger genera, in that manner which characterises 
monographic tteai.-ment ©f s scholarly type. If we attempt- a crit¬ 
ical revision of large genera it will require years of toil to 
arrive- at worth while oonoius? 1 • • -ji is your intention 
to include all species that seem to fee in Pood standing and to 
reject those that are evidently dependent on too slender dis¬ 
tinctions or that are- evidently provincial In conception. vith 
regard to fch-is subject ws «girt tp frgfg ii :-King 
basis, 
I have to admit that 1 am often* io doubt as to the 
wisdom of seoar a ting & arcant fa u s , S obi q u ® t i a et &.I. it vou have 
given this matter details i attention ' wish you would defend the 
separation, this should be simple if the differences are of a 
nature to be clearly set forth, 
T am pleased to lepra that you are getting out some 
economic materiel for me. /In-ost anything will be welcome, 
sp -I n - f |i^ | q: -oie- 
np P Manila,• that % have just been sorting out for distribution, 
t:& a few types in the set I intend to send you whet I 
have ieady, host of this material Is at North Fasten and 1 cm 
cot get at j t> until later* gust now ws are ”-snowed up”, a greet 
snow storm cams yesterday and closed the country roads to motors 
Yours 
very ai do ere!y f 
(Djo.v Cl 
