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of 60 feet (Fig. 8). I am further indebted to Mr. Galpin for an intro- 

 duction to his brothers, the Galpin Bros., wealthy jewelers and com- 

 petent amateur botanists, of Grahamstown, who took me in their tour- 

 ing car to all the cycads within easy touring-car reach of the city. 



Grahamstown is an educational center, with a good college, a con- 

 servatoiy of music and an excellent museum. Dr. Schonland, the pro- 

 fessor of botany in the college, gave me an account of the cycads of the 

 vicinity, including the almost unknown Encephalartos latifrons. 



Fig. 10. Encephalartos hurridus in St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth. 



The botanical garden at Grahamstown maintains the high standing 

 I had learned to expect in the botanical gardens of the English colonies 

 (Fig. 9). The director, Mr. Alexander, gave me some valuable speci- 

 mens which are now flourishing in the greenhouse at the University of 

 Chicago. 



I had two more points, with outlying side trips on my schedule, 

 East London and Port Elizabeth. On the voyage from Vancouver to 

 New Zealand, I mentioned at table to Mr. Vance, who sat beside me, 

 that I could find out but little about these places. Natural]} 7 , I was sur- 

 prised and delighted to find that he had been mayor of East London 

 for years and that his wife knew the cycads of the vicinity and could 

 give me definite directions for finding them. 



When I arrived at East London, Professor Eattray, of Selborn 

 College, accompanied me into the field, and although he did. not claim 

 to be a botanist at all, showed such an extensive and critical field 



