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devoted to collecting in the Parish of Manchester, mostly at alti- 
tudes of 1,500 to 2,500 feet. The climate of this region is one 
of the most delightful in the West Indies, neither too warm nor 
too cold, too wet nor too dry. One of my objects in visiting this 
part of Jamaica was to secure living plants and herbarium speci- 
mens of two species of air-plants, bromeliads of the genus Hohen- 
dergia growing mostly on the limbs of trees, found there some 
years ago by Mr. Harris and at that time new to science. I was 
desirous of increasing our collections of these remarkable plants, 
which have long narrow leaves growing in tufts, in appearance 
being something like a gigantic bird’s-nest, the flowers borne in 
large clustered spikes on a long stalk arising from the middle of 
the tuft. Many kinds of these bromeliads grow in Jamaica and 
a considerable number are endemic there. We readily found the 
plants desired, as well as a third species ; some fifteen different 
Hohenbergias are now known from Jamaica and we have speci- 
mens of all of them; at least six are new to science and will soon 
be technically described. Special attention was given during the 
entire trip to plants of this group, the Pineapple Family (Brome- 
liaceae), and in addition to the Hohendbergias most of the numerous 
species of the other large genera, Zi//andsia, Gusmania and 
‘ Catopsis were secured and one species each of Bromela, dechmaca 
and Pitcairnia. All these air-plants are known in ae a as 
“wild pines,” the ae pineapple being called “ pine”; in- 
asmuch as there are no pine trees on the island, ne some 
planted ones high up in the mountains, no serious confusion re- 
sults in the application of the English name, which could not be 
used for these plants in the north temperate zone. The Garden’s 
public collection of bromeliads is in conservatory house No, 2 
and is a fairly representative exhibit, now to be materially aug- 
mented by plants obtained in Jamaica; many others grow in 
Cuba, Santo Domingo and in other parts of tropical America 
which I hope may be obtained by subsequent exploratio 
Our collections in Manchester were extensive, eae speci- 
mens of many characteristic trees and shrubs, among them the 
large-leaved little-known Plumier’s grape-tree (Coccolobis Plu- 
meri), found in ripe fruiting stage on a hillside at Mandeville ; it 
