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of St. Thomas, which we reached by carriage on September 14, 
driving forty-four miles from Kingston ; the excellent road runs 
along and near the southern coast ; some collecting was accomp- 
lished at points on the way, but the long drive took most of the 
daylight. 
Bath is situated in the valley of the Plantain Garden River, at 
an altitude somewhat above 100 feet and the climate is hot and 
wet. The hot sulphur springs, which gave the town its name, 
are in a lateral valley about a mile north of the town, and the 
baths there have long been esteemed. Bath is also noteworthy 
as the site of an old botanical garden where many valuable 
plants were first introduced into Jamaica, and which still con- 
tains many interesting exotic trees of large size. While here we 
were joined by the Hon. H. H. Cousins, Director of Agricul- 
ture, who came to inspect the old and to consider the 
availability of part of it as a nursery for cacao, the chocolate 
tree (Theobroma cacao), the perenne of which is of increasing 
importance in the warm moist parts of Jamaica. 
Our first collecting trip from Bath was to the Cuna Cuna Gap, 
through which passes the riding road over the mountains from 
Bath to Port Antonio; the gap is six and one half miles from 
Bath, at an elevation shown by the aneroid barometer to be about 
2,400 feet ; we traversed this road on foot and proceeded some 
two miles beyond the pass down the northern slope of the moun- 
tains, returning to Bath long after dark, favored by perfect 
weather until nightfall, when the rain caught us several miles out 
on the rough road and although protected by rubber coats we 
reached our lodgings in a somewhat bedraggled condition. But 
the experience of the day was well worth the wetting ; the moun- 
tain views were beautiful, the temperature at the higher eleva- 
tions delightful and the flora greatly diversified, containing many 
elements not familiar to us and we loaded a horse with inter- 
esting plants and specimens, including several rare species of the 
elegant shrubs and small trees of the Meadow Beauty Family 
(Melastomaceae), represented by many species in Jamaica. Mr. 
Harris detected a single plant of an orchid with a strikingly 
beautiful orange-colored flower growing on a tree trunk; it is 
