JOURNAL 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. IX. November, 1908. No. 106. 
FURTHER EXPLORATION IN JAMAICA. 
To THE ScieNnTIFIC DirEcToRS, 
Gentlemen -— In accordance with previous authorization and 
with the approval of the president of the Board of Managers of 
the Garden, I have continued the botanical exploration of the 
island of Jamaica and the collecting of plants and specimens for 
the greenhouses, museums and herbarium during a period of 
about four weeks, being absent from the Garden for the purpose 
from August 22 to September 30, 1908, this being my fourth 
trip to Jamaica.* I was accompanied Mrs. Britton, who 
materially supplemented our collections of cryptogamic plants 
during the trip, besides giving much aid in the preservation and 
purpose of visiting portions of the interior mountain region in 
search of plants not yetsecured, Sailing from New York August 
22 on the Royal Mail Steam Packet ‘‘Tagus,” we arrived at 
Kingston without incident on August 27. Proceeding at once 
to Hope Gardens, consultation was had with the Hon. H. H. 
Cousins, Director of Agriculture of the Jamaica Government, and 
with Mr. Wm. Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens, and a 
scheme of exploration was determined upon, planned to enable 
us to visit portions of the island which we had not seen during 
our three previous trips. To our great satisfaction it had already 
* See Journal New York Botanical Garden 7: 245; 8: 229; 9: 81. 
163 
