without mishap. Shis small sum should make a beginning# I am 
particularly anxious to have all of your species drawn as it 
will be most helpful, in preparing the keys for my monograph. 
I hove a good supply of Panama orchids for you. Perhaps 
you will seat! as an exchange some of your Costa Eicon dupli- 
©alee. I also have ready -mother set of Philippine species• It 
would be most acceptable to mo if you -111 find time to send 
mo some of your hew Guinea duplicates# I have been looking for 
these as I believe you promised to send them at your e-;'a\Liest 
convenience# 1 had hoped that Ssmkester would sent-, me some 
good things from which to select specimens for you, but as a 
rule his numbers are very scanty# As a matter of fact he does 
not seem to enjoy the task of Bribing specimens# He rarely sends 
more than one fragment of a speoies. 
My work has been slowed down by poor health# As I wrote to 
you in my last letter, I have, like yourself, been obliged fco 
take life 03 .^y, I play much tennis with the children, and in 
that game find the hours slipping by quite rapidly. What I 
do this winter will t. .pond very largely on the upbuilding of 
my physical condition this summer» I sometimes feel that 'I 
ought to retire from all kinds of mental work and devote all 
of my time to finance. She trouble is that I take systematic 
work very seriously and suffer much from its tmeertaiaties-* 
One matter has bothered 'me a great deal• 1 refer to the 
necessity of getting to you copies of the drawings of my recent¬ 
ly described species. 2his winter I expect to find time to 
make tracings of the drawings and to have photographs made of the 
originals. I do not see any earlier date for this important 
task* 
