355 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Maas. 
December 30th, 1922. 
My dear Dr. Schlechter: 
I am enclosing a draft on Berlin for one 
hundred and forty-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven marks. 
Please use this amount to have tracings made of your Costa Hioan 
novelties that turn up as you work through new material. Whan this 
money seems to be drawing to an end, let rpa hear from you and add¬ 
itional funds will be promptly supplied. 
This has been a busy week as the American 
Asso«^tetion for the Advancement of Science has been holding the 
annual meeting here. 
A package of reprints was sent to you a day 
or two ago. This shoula reach your address by the time you receive 
this. If the package fails to get to you, let me hear from you. 
On February first I expect to visit Honduras. 
The United fruit Company is leveling some forty thousand acres cf 
virgin forest and the prospects for interesting collections are ex¬ 
ceptional. I have succeeded in interesting the fruit company in the 
need for preserving orchitis and I have promises of intensive co¬ 
operation . In fact I have reason to beiiev that wo are about to get 
results from a very poorly known region. 
The specimen of faaniophyllura arrived day be¬ 
fore yesterday. This was much appreciated because of the kindly 
wishes that accompanied it ana because it varae at a time when re- 
membrahoa means so much. You are mistaxenabout the distribution of 
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this 2 ? 3 ew 0 ll n , because you have already supplied are with excellent 
specimens. Please accept my best thanks for your thoughtfullness and 
convey to Mrs. Schlechter the best wishes of Mrs. Ames and myself. 
Tracing of iSpidendrum papyriferum Schltr. is 
