Missouri Botanical 
Garden Bulletin 
Vol. XI DECEMBER, 1923 No. 10 
THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF JAMAICA 
The last point at which Mr. George H. Pring, Horticul- 
turist to the Garden, stopped on his return to America from 
the orchid-collecting trip to South America was at Jamaica, 
where he succeeded in securing much valuable material for 
the Missouri Botanical Garden. The following article con- 
eludes the account of what has been one of the most success- 
ful trips ever undertaken by the Garden: 
‘After spending a pleasant week with Mr. C. W. Powell 
at Balboa, Panama, | proceeded by train to Cristobal, the 
Atlantic port, where I made final arrangements for shipping 
my Panamanian orchids to St. Louis. From Cristobal I sailed 
on the ‘E. & F. Camito’ on Saturday, July 7, for Kingston, 
Jamaica. After an extremely rough voyage over the Carib- 
bean Sea, I disembarked at Kingston harbor on Monday 
morning. Inasmuch as I had a ease of Colombian orchids for 
the Hope Botanic Gardens the quarantine and customs offi- 
cials showed me every consideration. After securing reser- 
vations at the Myrtle Bank Hotel I immediately proceeded 
by automobile to visit Director Cousins of the botanie gar- 
dens, who was agreeably surprised to learn of my bringing 
him a ease of Cattleya Trianae direct from Colombia. This 
shipment was a welcome addition to the gardens’ collection, 
the large mauve flowers being entirely different from the 
Jamaican representatives of orchids and consequently much 
appreciated by the visiting public. 
‘‘My instructions from Director Moore when leaving were 
to bring back, without fail, some tree ferns so much needed 
for our fern house. As previously stated in a former article 
|October, 1923, BuLLETIN], tree ferns were observed by the 
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