JOURNAL 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. X. May, 1909. No. 113. 
BOTANICAL cane ets IN as WEST INDIES 
ND FLORID 
To THE SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS. 
Gentlemen: In continuation of botanical exploration and col- 
lecting in the,West Indies and tropical continental America, as 
previously authorized, I was absent from the Garden from Feb- 
ruary 20 to April 14, 1909; I was accompanied by Dr. Mar- 
shall A. Howe, a curator of the museums, and by Mrs. Britton 
Dr. Howe’s special errand was the increase of our collections of 
algae and the study of habitats and distribution of these plants ; 
he also aided me in the collecting and preservation of land plants 
and took many photographs of plants and of landscapes which 
will furnish valuable additions to our collection of lantern slides for 
public lectures and supply important illustrations for our publi- 
cations ; his account of work accomplished is appended to this 
report. 
The first part of this expedition was the continuation of work 
in Jamaica, commenced several years ago, in codperation with 
the Department of Public Gardens and Plantations, now the De- 
partment of Agriculture, of that island,* looking toward the 
completion and publication of the annotated catalogue of Jamaica 
flowering plants which I have been preparing with Mr. William 
Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens and Plantations. 
We reached Kingston on February 25 and devoted two days 
to studies at the Hope Botanical Gardens, where we were cor- 
* See Journal N. Y. Botanical Garden, 7: 245; 8: 51, 229; 9: 81,163; 10: 21. 
