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On December 27, I went by automobile stage to Santiago de 
las Vegas to visit Laguna de Castellano, which at some seasons 
waters a considerable area, and contains many aquatics, and the 
following day by rail to Laguna Ariguanabo, where the lotus 
(Nelumbium luteum), of which we found only decaying leaves 
and stems, is said to be abundant and very attractive during the 
summer months. A yellow-flowered bladder-wort (Utricularia 
foliosa), was plentiful in shallow water, while species of Castalia, 
Nymphaea, and Nymphaeoides were also foun 
The collection aggregates considerably over 1,000 specimens 
and includes many plants of interest. 
For many courtesies I am greatly indebted to Mr. Wilhelm 
Lange, cae F. L. Page and Mr. William M. Price, of ‘' Buena- 
ventura.’ 
Sailing from Havana on December 31, I arrived in New York 
January 3, I9II. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Percy WILson, 
Assistant Curator. 
IMPROVEMENTS fee THE aes BOUNDARY 
HE GARDEN. 
Pursuant to Chapter 558 of the Laws of the State of New York 
for 1909, and to the provisions of an agreement authorized by 
this legislation made in 1910 by the city of New York, the New 
York and Harlem Railroad Company, the New York Central 
and Hudson River Railroad Company and the New York Bo- 
tanical Garden, the telegraph and telephone wires and_ their 
supporting poles which have stood for a number of years along 
the western side of the Garden have recently been entirely re- 
moved, and the wires placed in a subterranean conduit, thus 
relieving this side of the Garden of an unsightly feature 
Some of the poles stood on land of the Garden and others on 
the land of the railroad companies. The wires were interfering 
with the growth of trees planted for.a border-screen along the 
