JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. XIII. November, 1912. No, 155, 
BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN SANTA CLARA AND 
ORIENTE 
Dr. N. L. Britton, DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF,. 
Sir: Arriving at Sancti Spiritus, February 13, where I had 
gone by rail from Havana, I found that the quarters at the 
hotel were such that it would have been impractical to remain 
there, so I had some difficulty in finding a suitable stopping-place 
until the Rev. H. G. Smith solved my problem by taking me 
into his own home, where he and his good wife did everything to 
make me comfortable. To them I owe much gratitude. Mr. 
Smith also helped me in various ways during the time I remained 
there. 
The surrounding region, which is given over almost exclusively 
to pasturage, was, at this time, quite dry. The various thickets 
also examined, but little was found along their banks. ne 
plant association. Here an upright cactus, probably a Harrisia, 
was of interest. 
The chief object of my coming here, however, was to examine 
the flora of the Banao Hills, but I found that I was at a poorly 
selected base for that purpose, being too far distant, so that 
little information concerning them seemed available and no one 
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