Hof vjh ^ & q t o n , S»« s , August, 111 ,h ^ 1 y!? x » 
$fy dear Dr,- Schleehtpr:' 
Your letter of July' VZA is just, herev T' t 
I understand your attitude thoroughly and it gives ae pleasure to tell 
you that I air*"ready to throw myself into the work on the foil* and get, 
ready a fair number cf species at, the* earliest possible. Use,' T do not 
fee,] that any time has been lost, because- in my opinion it v ill be- well 
to see manuscript in advance and an opportunity to’ make the first part 
of the publication a substantial beginning*, then I hear from you with 
re g^ P d to* Pofebr-ia and l'te allies .T' intend to do Triphcra, ■ TsotriiV 
Paperla and if you agree with me* that it should st?nd>« Feilochilue. m 
addition T will tpke- up fcriops-is because 1 ¥ air, interested i-n it, ar.d have 
mate-rial. Doritie and Kinplellr also interest me-. For gbo'd nseeeure I 
0 an throw in some* of cur small native American genera, Calopogbiv for 
e*amplev‘ and Aretfus, CVyfce and what not, end in the meantime- whip ay 
Acer idiurns into shape if I decide tp segregate the species from Pcndro- 
chilmr. Then there are some Philippine peno-rr, that 7. -Intend to do. You 
will readily understand that f want to begin vith email p'fnera,. because 
for the- 1 arge- ones T want, more time*. Some, of the- large ere* it may he 
well for us to portion out so that we can get thee: along ond derive 
advantages froas a div ision o, labor. 
What, you say about, drawings wade* for your 
herbarium interests met very much. 1 have always made- a practice of 
preparing* camera lucida sketches of my new things and of critical 
species. Then T was at Kew in 1901 Pol fe was much interested in my 
dissecting’ microscope with its camera lifcida attachment and when J 
left Kew I presen ted the*- outfit to bite much tp *« i* deiight. a f,or ^ 
Of return he, Bade irutir,.. for «' of t| M Dsnirobhilu*!;. T *l»o add 
ul ntee to „ fcertsriur and whenever I can pick op a book at a re«o.sbl« 
trice that u, rich in orchid analyse* T lake it to pises* and add it, to 
„ herbarium. T alto have photpjsrapha of typer, sketches rads for of a 
Kew, and a coepdetc, re.fr«»et.t*Mon of the Mrnaeor orchids, etc. etc. 
her years 1 have subscribed to a separate set of Us Potorieal eapaaire 
iwet to pH the* orchid plates for ay herbarium. 
Tn ay last, letter T informed yen that. T bad- 
packed up for trsnarisaal to you f?5 duplicates of Pbil-lpriae orchids. 
When yen'add to these the Bornean set, of 170 apecirwre sr.i tbe ««.«U 
collect ion cf Bureau of Science thing's sent 1 set winter, (.Pepeciirers) 
j think I seirit a li ttle otter,tier from you not si thpt.andl'nc' the fine- 
thins's that are, now .ell on the way to beihp' mounted and ready for 
