I have no memory of any letter from you regarding it. I hope 
to bring out the sixth number very soon. I still lade a few 
plates. When these are finished the printing of the copy will 
begin. In the meantime I have about finished my enumeration of 
Philippine orchids for Merrill* This has been a time consuming 
Job. How that I see the end of it I feel a bit more free than 
I have felt since last spring. This enumeration will be a very 
valuable piece of work for reference, but,aside from a few 
attempts to straighten out bibliography, it lacks originality. 
I have heaps of specimens that now await study. In fact I 
have never before been so overwhelmed by unidentified material* 
The Pennell specimens from Colombia are delightful. They fill 
a good sized packing case. M&xon has returned from Illcaragua, 
but his orchids are few In number. He does not speak flattering¬ 
ly of the countryI 
Pringle 5^0. This is Enldnndrum onxu.canum Rolfe ex Ames in 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 17(1904)120. And where,by the way, did 
you pick up the bibliographical citation published In your en¬ 
umeration of Central American orchids? As a matter of fact, I 
find the bibliographical citations in that work sadly in need of 
revision. Your cards are wrong, or the pro of-reading was done too 
rapidly, Pringle 5830 is the number that you thought represented 
a new species, the one for which you proposed the name £U £fi.l.lHg23r 
i.se . When I worked up the material I found that it was the same 
m 1* oa;moanum . the same number as the type, 
I am not sure that I shall visit Central America again this 
winter# The points that I had in mind to explore are to be visited 
by expeditions in which. I am interested. In fact, Central America 
