355 Commonwealth. Avenue, Bod ton, Maes., U.S.A. 
December 31st, L922. 
My dear Dr. Sohlechter: I am not going to allow the old year to pass 
without writing to give yon my best wishes for the Hew Year. The year 
1922 must go down in my records as the time of our first meeting. It 
must also mark the time of a most pleasant visit to your home in Ber¬ 
lin. Mrs. Ames .joins me in sending to you, Mrs. Sohlechter and your 
children, the best of good, wishes.Tell the ohildren that I have oar—' 
ried home a very clear picture of the wonderful managerie that adorns 
their balcony and that I hops someday to have the pleasure of in spec t— 
ing again their biological treasures. We have not forgotten Mrs, Sohledi 
ter s s wonderful tea. The talisman is one of our heat possessions. I 
think it must have been the talisman that saved my camera. 
Yesterday I sent you by registered mail a draft on Berlin for a 
large number of marks. This should bring to me several hundred tracings 
of your Central and South American types. The Codta Bican species are, 
of course, the ones that interest me just at present, although Colombia! 
speoi-33 are always welcome. 
The trip to Honduras is practically decided on. The Vice President 
of the Unitea fruit Company dines with me on January second to make 
arrangements for the expeditl on* While in Honduras we are to have the 
use of launches and other moans of conveyance and every faoility for 
drying plants. If the orchids are there, we ought to get them. You may 
be sure that in every oase I will collect a duplicate for you. Anything 
from Honduras ought to be acceptable. It would seem that the United 
.Fruit go. is interested in my hobby, and that even when I am not in 
the field the timekeepers and managers are to prepare specimens for me. 
Of course, all such prospects are rosy at first. But this time I really 
expect to get results of a most important kind. First we go to Yucatan 
