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They will close in time for auditors to take the 5:34 train from 
the Botanical Garden Station, arriving at Grand Central Station 
at 6:04 P. M. 
The museum building is reached by the Harlem Division of 
the New York Central and Hudson River Railway to Botanical 
rs — by trolley cars to Bedford Park, or by the Third 
d Railway to Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. 
o coming by the Subway change to the Elevated Railway 
at 149th Street and Third Avenue. 
EXPLORATION IN THE EVERGLADES. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, DirecTor-IN-CHIEF 
n attempt on the part of the writer and his asso- 
ciates to a the southwestern extremity of the Everglade 
Keys during the fall of 1906 was defeated by conditions 
brought about by a severe hurricane. However, the sup- 
posed topography and vegetation of that unique and _fasci- 
nating, and perhaps least known portion of the United States, 
continued to excite a desire to explore beyond the point 
ere our progress had been interrupted. Consequently, having 
a plans based on the experience gained during previous 
work in the everglades, with your permission I left New York. 
for Florida on January 2, in company with Mr. J. J. Carter, of 
Pleasant Grove, Pennsylvania, my former associate in the ex- 
ploration of South Florida. 
Upon reaching Miami, we at once made the Subtropical Labo- 
ratory and Garden of the United States Department of Agri- 
culture our general headquarters, by the invitation of Mr. P. J 
Wester, who is in charge of that important branch of the Bureau 
of Plant Industry, and we here wish to express our thanks to 
Mr. Wester and his associates for doing all in their power to 
facilitate our work. 
The principal undertaking before us was the exploration of the 
group of keys forming the southwestern extension of the ever- 
glade reef or chain of islands. This group, extending westward 
