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offices, a storehouse and a small building designed for lodging visitors 

 to the station, the entire suite being admirably adapted for the pur- 

 poses for which it has been secured. 



The grounds contain a large number of introduced ferns, shrubs 

 and trees, together with many native species. The valley of the Clyde 

 Kiver at an elevation of about 3,000 feet is within a mile ; New Haven 

 Gap and Morse's Gap, three miles distant at a level not much different 

 from the station, furnish unequaled opportunities for the examination 

 of a primitive tropical forest. The summit of John Crow peak may 

 be reached from Morse's Gap, and here at an elevation of 6,000 feet 

 the forest of tree ferns is so luxuriant that a view of the surrounding 

 lower country is obtained with difficulty. The wealth of ferns, hepatics 

 and other lower forms as well as of seed-plants that may be found here 

 is remarkable. In addition, the flora of the coastal region of the island, 

 and the vast collections in Hope Gardens and Castleton Gardens place 

 within easy reach of the visitor an enormous number of species native 

 to regions with a range of conditions from the mos't humid to those of 

 extreme aridity. The algal flora of the coast is also easily accessible. 



The government record proves the general climatic conditions 

 prevalent at Cinchona to be very equable. Thus the lowest tempera- 

 ture reached in the winter of 1899-00 was 53.90° and the highest tem- 

 perature of the following summer was 70.4°. 



The station at Cinchona is in direct communication with Kingston, 

 a city of 60,000 inhabitants, from which place nearly all supplies are 

 obtained. 



In addition to the facilities offered by the station at Cinchona, the 

 government of Jamaica, by the courtesy of Hon. Wm. Fawcett, director 

 of the Public Gardens and Plantations, has granted to the garden sub- 

 stantial privileges which will be of great value to visiting investi- 

 gators. Among these may be mentioned the opportunities for study 

 at Hope Garden, which lies near sea-level near Kingston, including 

 the use of a table in the laboratory, and of the library of about twelve 

 hundred volumes. Botanists are also to be allowed to withdraw books 

 from this library for use at Cinchona under conditions imposed by 

 Mr. Fawcett. Castleton Garden and the other plantations of the gov- 

 ernment are likewise open to the student. 



All persons who may apply for permission to study at Cinchona 

 must submit such evidence as the director-in-chief of the New York 

 Botanical Garden may require that they are competent to pursue in- 

 vestigation to advantage. While in residence at Cinchona they will 

 be under the supervision of the Hon. William Fawcett, director o? 

 Public Gardens and Plantations, to whose interest and advice the 

 establishment of this American Tropical Laboratory is largely due. 



