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richest and most tropical spots I have visited. A week’s 
stay at this point should well repay the little trouble it would 
take to establish headquarters here. I much regretted that I 
was not prepared to remain at the time. Upon my return to 
Baracoa, on the evening of March 24, I was informed that the 
little fruit steamer upon which I expected to sail for New York 
was due to depart on March 30. It required every hour of the 
intervening time to dry the plants secured on this excursion, 
and to pack my accumulations for shipment. 
While at Baracoa I was much aided by the few English-speak- 
ing persons I met and am greatly indebted to Dr. Arthur F. 
Lindley, to Messrs. J. G. Diesend, W. B. Bemis, and Charles 
Reese for valuable information and many kindnesses. To Mr. 
W. W. Fitch, of Navas, I am especially indebted for his hos- 
pitality and the opportunity he afforded me to enter a region, 
which without his aid, would have probably remained botani- 
cally unknown, for some time to come. 
I secured passage on the banana-laden steamer Fagertum on 
March 30 and arrived in New York on April 4. 
. A. SHAFER. 
