Scope and content: The collection consists of 217 small watercolors of orchids from the Loddiges Nursery in London England. The paintings were created from 1844-1856 and feature orchids that were collected between 1804-1847. The scientific name, number, collection date, collection location, and illustration date are on the back of the mat.

Scope and Content: The Ames Papers consists of two manuscripts for articles on orchids of the Philippines. “Orchidaceae Halconenses" is a draft of an article bearing the same title, published in the Philippine Journal of Science in 1907. "New Species, New Combinations" contains descriptions of plants arranged alphabetically by Latin plant name. It is described as having been prepared for Fascicle V of Orchidaceae (1915), but is quite different from the published work in both scope and arrangement.