106 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 
the next day, Monday, on the Panama-Pacifie freighter, ‘Gen- 
eral O. H. Ernst’, for Panama, and arrived at Balboa early 
Wednesday morning. 
‘““My first act was to locate Mr. C. W. Powell, whom I had 
previously cabled of my arrival. After leaving my baggage 
and plants in his care, I again boarded the steamer and 
took the trip through the Panama Canal. On arrival at 
Cristobal I immediately interviewed the manager of the 
United Fruit Company’s freight office and, after presenting 
my government permit and explaining the object of my 
expedition, secured his promise that the incoming Colombian 
orchid shipment would have his personal supervision and 
be transferred to the first boat for New Orleans. The next 
morning I took the train back to Balboa and was the guest 
of Mr. Powell for a week, during which time I went through 
his collection of orchids thoroughly. On leaving, upwards of 
200 plants were given me for the Garden, many of which 
are new to science and brought to this country for the first 
time. In exchange I presented Mr. Powell with one case of 
my Colombian orchids which I had brought with me. (The 
orchids obtained from Mr. Powell will be discussed in a later 
issue of the BULLETIN). 
‘“My next objective was the West Indies, and I arrived at 
Kingston, Jamaica, after a two days’ trip. A week was 
spent in Kingston, the principal place of interest being the 
Hope Botanic Gardens. Through the courtesy of the Director 
I secured a shipment of large tree ferns, so necessary for our 
tropical fern house. These were obtained in the region of 
the Castleton Gardens, about fifteen miles from the Botanic 
Gardens. Various orchids and economic plants were also 
given me in exchange for a case of Colombian orchids which 
I had brought with me. I finally sailed for New York, bring- 
ing with me two crates of plants aggregating 900 pounds. 
Before leaving I cabled Dr. Moore to arrange with Wash- 
ington to permit entry of these through the port of New 
York, since my permit called for entry at New Orleans alone. 
On arriving at New York I was met by a special government 
representative. After various preliminaries I finally placed 
the shipment in the hands of the American Express Com- 
pany, thus terminating my responsibility for the expedition. 
‘‘My first communication from the Director notified me 
