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Arriving at Santiago on the morning of March 14, we visited 
the historic military points in the afternoon and took photographs 
of some typical trees, including. the beautiful Svercu/ia on San 
Juan Hill and fine specimens of the Corozo Palm (Acrocomia), 
March 15 was spent in studying the flora of the coastal hills 
along the harbor of Santiago. The most striking plant found 
was a maguey (Agave) in full bloom and abundant ; its large 
panicles of yellow flowers were very showy and we secured 
plenty of living plants and herbarium specimens for division with 
Professor William Trelease, Director of the Missouri Botanical 
arden, who has long been prosecuting studies of the “century 
plants.” 
The privilege of stopping at the United States Naval Station 
at Guantanamo Bay, east of Santiago, had been kindly granted 
by the Hon. Truman J. Newberry, Secretary of the Navy, upon 
the request of Hon. Addison Brown, Chairman of the Executive 
Committee of the Board of Managers of the Garden, and we pro- 
ceeded there on March 16; we were most cordially received by 
C. H. Harlow, Commandant of the Station, who hospitably 
entertained us on the station ship ‘‘ Newark,” gave us the use of 
a large bungalow on shore, and provided us with bearers, carts, 
row-boats, and steam-launches, and evidenced much interest in 
our work. We kept house in the bungalow for two weeks, and 
it was a most satisfactory collecting base; supplies were obtained 
from the station store and from the canteen of the ‘“ Newark,” 
while Capt. Harlow’s kind permission to botanize his garden for 
fresh shat contributed greatly to our comfort and happiness. 
aval Reservation includes yes seh square miles, partly 
hilly, a mangrove swamp, and partly plains of very slight 
elevation called savannas or salinas, ne are flooded after 
heavy rains, and a bench of coral limestone about forty feet high 
extends around the bay, much ee by erosion, forming pic- 
turesque headlands and islands; the corals composing this 
interesting bench are serie well preserved, masses three or 
four feet in diameter being exposed in cuttings for roads and 
wharfs. Numerous roads, trails, and survey lines intersect the 
thickets and woodlands, permitting studies of the vegetation with- 
