MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 99 
six or eight days by railroad and muleback but the cost of 
this transportation is much greater than by ocean freight 
from the States. The mines are controlled by the government, 
the approximate daily yield being 7,000 arrobas or 175,000 
pounds. Various herbarium specimens were collected from 
this region. 
‘‘A place of interest, both because of natural scenery and 
as a collecting area is Tequendama Falls. From Bogota you 
can go by train to within three miles of the Falls and the re- 
maining distance by ox-cart. The falls are not very large 
from the standpoint of volume of water, comparing them with 
Niagara, but they have a drop of over 300 metres. I think 
the natural scenery surrounding this area is the most pic- 
turesque I have ever seen. For the Andes of Bogota, the hills 
are extremely rich in the orchids mentioned, and in general 
the flora is much richer. I was very highly interested in a 
white-flowered Epidendrum which I finally succeeded in reach- 
ing and bringing back for the Garden collection. One of 
the exciting incidents for an American is leaving the Falls 
by ox-cart during rainy weather and trying to catch the train 
to Bogota. The springless cart in which I rode held seven 
other people, and we all felt as though we might be dumped 
over the precipice at any time. One of the many other places 
visited in this region is Chia. Here, before entering the town, 
one passes over a very picturesque stone bridge which was 
built by the Spaniards in 1792. 
‘On June 10 I was highly delighted to receive a telegram 
from the Cattleya Trianae collector at Natagaima, stating 
that the orchids would shortly be leaving that region and that 
the natives had brought in 50 arrobas more than he was sup- 
posed to purchase and did I need them. My reply was that 
I would take all that had been collected. 
‘My next trip was to Girardot, the uppermost port of the 
Upper Magdalena River. Here I found fifty cases of the 
coveted Cattleya Trianae in the Norman Black warehouse 
awaiting my inspection. A half-dozen cases were unpacked, 
and I found that my instructions regarding packing had 
been carried out to the letter. The shipment was now ready 
for its homeward trip. The plants in this shipment were col- 
lected near the small village of Natagaima, where my native 
collector had his base of operations. From here he spread 
