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excursions in various directions from Asuncion and went south 
to Paraguari, where the flat valley is dotted with hills rising about 
1,000 feet above the surface, comprised of coarse conglomerate 
rocks, the sides of which harbor a number of kinds of cacti. All 
are very difficult of access. Other one hills supported another 
class of plants and different kinds of c: 
After spending most of the night aes I started on what was 
really the beginning of my homeward trip by boarding the 
weekly train southward, where after about three days of none too 
pleasant riding I arrived at Buenos Aires with none too much 
Brazilian waters, and New York was reached April 2 
sorry to recount, however, that our good ship a few weeks after- 
ward, while in rooney waters, was sent to the bottom by 
eae 's ruthles: 
pon wu ne A calleseoits at the Garden I found that 
room of the steamer, but some of it had already been in storage 
about four months; it furnished aacand . eed South Ameri- 
can cacti probably never grown in Nor 
Respectfully eee 
J. A. SHAFER. 
