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The f 
ormal breaking of ground for the rose garden was ac- 
eorg' erkins, for the Women’s aa ee ve 
ploug' 
The work has been aided by contributions of money from 
membe the i 
approaches complete. 
N. L. Britton, 
Director-in-Chief. 
FLORAL FEATURES OF THE Mugen 
EQUATORIAL BELT 
erm nea rial belt,’’ as used in this Hee is 
lin 
a poi 
Atlantic underneath the equator; aes from a summer’s collecting 
along the lower Orinoco, in about 6° N. 
e have the following distinct ae to consider 
1, The Pacific plain; 2, The Andean slope; 3, ., The great 
Andean tableland; 4, The east ‘Aides slope, and 5, The great 
i h. 
e plain must be subdivided. Its northern part 
represent y the region about the mo f the Guayaquil 
iver, is verdant, the waves of tropical vegetation almost meet- 
ing th the e dense vegetation rises as high as 
one can unta: ope, from the he wall of 
Senecio or Bidens. A iittle south of ee Ge coastal plain 
d h 
une 17, 1916. 
