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been arranged that Mr. Harris would accompany us during most 
of the time. I had begun, during the past summer, in cooper- 
ation with Mr. Harris through correspondence, the preparation 
of a Flora of Jamaica, and brought with me a copy of the manu- 
script for almost one third of this work; considerable time was 
given to the consideration of this study. with reference to the 
valuable herbarium and collection of living plants at Hope 
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increased during recent years through the collecting work of 
r. Harris and the study of specimens thus obtained by Pro- 
fessor Ignatius Urban, of the Berlin Botanical Garden, and 
others, while the expeditions sent on behalf of the New York 
Botanical Garden have also contributed materially. Very much 
more is therefore known about this flora than in 1893, when the 
Hon. Wm. Fawcett, late Director of Public Gardens and Planta- 
tions, published his ‘Provisional List of Jamaica Flowering 
Plants.’’ We now propose to bring this knowledge into avail- 
able form for general use by the publication of the work above 
mentioned, as a volume of ‘‘ Memoirs of the New York Botanical 
Town was made the first important base of operations, from 
August 30 to September 3, principally as the most convenient 
point for visits to the Healthshire Hills, a low and rocky range of 
considerable extent situated near the southern coast ; we traversed 
them on foot in two directions, progress being slow and difficult 
on account of the extremely high temperature and great aridity, 
but were well rewarded by the discovery of several interesting 
shrubs and small trees. 
A day was given to the study of the hills north of Spanish 
Town and the valley of the Rio Cobre below Bog Walk in search 
of the rare shrub Bumelia Purdiet, named in honor of William 
Purdie, a botanical collector who spent the years 1843-44 in 
Jamaica in the interests of the Royal Gardens at Kew, England; 
we failed to find it, but detected several other plants of interest. 
Proceeding to Mandeville on September 3, four days were 
