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and Central America. In company with Mr. A. D. Harvey he sailed 

 for Panama May 15, being joined there shortly after by other mem- 

 bers of the party. Mr. Harvey and Mr. A. D. Valentine served as 

 assistants in Panama and during a short trip in western Nicaragua, 

 and the former also during a fortnight spent in Costa Rica the latter 

 part of July. Travel and incidental expenses were borne by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. Unfortunately rains interfered seriously 

 with field-work in both Panama and Nicaragua ; nevertheless a general 



Fig. 47. — A new clearing in dense lowland jnngle near Frijoles, Canal Zone, 

 for banana plantation. 



botanical collection of about 4.500 specimens was made, representing 

 more than 2,000 collection numbers apportioned about equally among 

 the three countries visited. 



Aside from two days given to collecting in the interesting Juan 

 Diaz region east of Panama City, work in Panama was mostly con- 

 fined to the Canal Zone, being conducted chiefly from headquarters 

 on the Pacific side, at Balboa, with the courteous assistance of the 

 Panama Canal authorities. Of particular interest were trips to Barro 

 Colorado, a large wooded island in Gatun Lake opposite Frijoles, 



