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On Thursday, January 14, I had to remain at home and assist 
Mrs. Murrill in caring for the large collections, while Mr. Harris 
made an extended excursion for flowering plants. The next day 
we returned to Kingston, arriving at 3 P. M. Along the rail- 
way we saw large groves of logwood in flower, the conspicuous 
yellow blossoms attracting swarms of bees, which furnish the 
famous “logwood-honey ” of commerce. At the stations, log- 
to. Pimento-grove near Montego Bay, Jamaica. Photographed by Dr. 
M. A. Howe 
wood chipped clean of all the light-colored sapwood was being 
weighed for sii to England, Germany and elsewhere. I 
was told by . Harris that the logwood industry in Jamaica 
aad not ee nie at all by the introduction of aniline dyes. 
The logwood-tree grows spontaneously in abundance on the 
dlains and requires no cultivation except thinning. The dye is 
formed only in the heart-wood of the trunk and roots, from 
which it is extracted by a secret process and sold in the liquid 
