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  ANNUAL 
  KEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  the 
  past. 
  His 
  itinerary 
  was 
  planned 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  California, 
  return- 
  

   ing 
  through 
  Nevada, 
  Yellowstone 
  Park, 
  and 
  the 
  Black 
  Hills. 
  

  

  Caj)t. 
  K. 
  A. 
  Bartlett, 
  a 
  valued 
  volunteer 
  collector 
  for 
  the 
  Museum, 
  

   as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  explorations 
  ojff 
  the 
  northwest 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland 
  in 
  

   the 
  summer 
  of 
  1925, 
  sent 
  in 
  776 
  specimens 
  of 
  marine 
  invertebrates. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  R. 
  Maxon, 
  associate 
  curator 
  of 
  plants, 
  left 
  Washington 
  in 
  

   May, 
  1926, 
  for 
  Jamaica 
  to 
  collect 
  plants, 
  returning 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  August. 
  His 
  explorations, 
  which 
  were 
  made 
  possible 
  by 
  

   a 
  grant 
  from 
  the 
  American 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advancement 
  of 
  

   Science, 
  and 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Botanical 
  Garden 
  and 
  

   the 
  United 
  Fruit 
  Co., 
  were 
  conducted 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  eastern 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  Blue 
  Mountain 
  Range, 
  and 
  in 
  new 
  areas 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  pealjs 
  

   to 
  the 
  westward. 
  The 
  present 
  collection, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  large 
  extent, 
  

   with 
  material 
  gathered 
  during 
  several 
  previous 
  trips, 
  comprises 
  

   ample 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  to 
  show 
  local 
  distribution, 
  altitudinal 
  

   range, 
  and 
  Iiabital 
  forms 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  500 
  species 
  of 
  ferns 
  known 
  

   to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  island. 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Killip, 
  aid, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Albert 
  C. 
  

   Smith, 
  collaborator, 
  left 
  Washington 
  for 
  Colombia 
  in 
  October, 
  1926, 
  

   and 
  returned 
  in 
  April, 
  1927, 
  spending 
  approximately 
  six 
  months 
  in 
  

   collecting 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  regions 
  of 
  that 
  country. 
  The 
  expedi- 
  

   tion 
  was 
  organized 
  through 
  the 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Botani- 
  

   cal 
  Garden, 
  the 
  Gray 
  Herbarium, 
  the 
  Arnold 
  Arboretum, 
  and 
  Mr, 
  

   Oakes 
  Ames, 
  with 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   work 
  was 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Bucaramanga, 
  in 
  the 
  De- 
  

   partment 
  of 
  Santander, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Colombian- 
  Venezuelan 
  border 
  

   in 
  the 
  Department 
  Norte 
  de 
  Santander. 
  The 
  present 
  exploration 
  is 
  

   the 
  second 
  in 
  wdiicli 
  Mr. 
  Killip 
  has 
  participated 
  in 
  preparation 
  for 
  

   a 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  Colombia. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Bartlett, 
  honorary 
  collaborator, 
  left 
  last 
  autumn 
  for 
  a 
  

   year's 
  botanical 
  collecting 
  trip 
  in 
  the 
  East 
  Indies. 
  A 
  considerable 
  

   collection 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Formosa 
  and 
  at 
  last 
  reports 
  

   excellent 
  results 
  were 
  being 
  obtained 
  in 
  Sumatra. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Foshag, 
  assistant 
  curator 
  of 
  mineralogy 
  and 
  petrology, 
  

   was 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  from 
  May 
  23 
  to 
  late 
  September, 
  1926, 
  collecting 
  min- 
  

   erals 
  and 
  ores 
  and 
  studying 
  their 
  occurrence 
  at 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  

   mining 
  centers 
  in 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  localities 
  visited 
  were 
  Los 
  Lamentos, 
  

   Santa 
  Eulalia, 
  La 
  Ceja, 
  Placer 
  de 
  Guadalupe, 
  Cuchilla 
  Parada, 
  and 
  

   Naica 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Chihuahua; 
  Sierra 
  Mojada 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Coahuila; 
  and 
  Velardena 
  and 
  Durango 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Durango. 
  

   'Phis 
  expedition, 
  undertaken 
  in 
  collaboration 
  with 
  Harvard 
  Univer- 
  

   sity, 
  was 
  highly 
  successful, 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  hearty 
  cooperation 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mexican 
  Government 
  officials 
  and 
  American 
  mining 
  engineers 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  properties. 
  Over 
  2 
  tons 
  of 
  material 
  were 
  collected, 
  

   from 
  which 
  representative 
  sets 
  have 
  been 
  selected 
  for 
  both 
  Harvard 
  

   and 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  