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tissues and functions. Laboratory. Professor Richards; Pro- 
fessor Curtis. 
General Physiology.— Problems in absorption, excretion, nutri- 
tion, and transformation of energy, growth, the general irritable 
organization of the plant, and the mechanism of its movements, 
Laboratory. Professor Richards; Professor Curtis. 
General Pathology. — Causes of diseases of plants with special 
attention to the morphology of pathological organisms. Also 
roblems in pai and effects of unfavorable environment. 
Pro ae Ric ; Mr. er. 
Economic ae —_ eee of plant products used in the 
arts and sciences and of the methods employed in their produc- 
tion. Professor Rusby. 
Frep J. SEAVER, 
Director of the Laboratories. 
BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN 
CUBA , 
Dr. N. L. ay DiRecTOR-IN-CHIEF. 
Sir. The S. Olinda, upon which I embarked from New 
York, ae 13, entered Nipe Bay five days later, but her des- 
tination, Nuevitas, was not reached until January 22. On land- 
ing at Nuevitas I proceeded to La Gloria, in the province of Cama- 
guey, in a small boat, sailing through the beautiful Marinavo Bay, 
w called ‘‘bay number one,” the narrow Zanji, the shallow bay 
of Sabinal, with its mangrove-covered banks and numerous small 
islands, and finally the much deeper Guajaba Bay, to Porto Biaro. 
a Gloria, which is situated some four miles inland across a 
low savanna, was reached on the night of January 23, and was 
made my headquarters for several weeks. It is surrounded bya 
dense, mostly primeval, forest with an altitude of approximately 
50 feet. The village is the center of the first and oldest of the 
American colonization schemes, but the operations of the colon- 
ists have had very little effect upon the vast forest area. Their 
chief occupation has been the planting of citrus groves, which 
are scattered and often very far apart, consisting of from 5 to 
