ridge after ridge, finally brought us to a point 3,500 feet above 

 the sea, on the topmost ridge of the lower end of the chain. 

 The collections that might be made here with a properly equipped 

 botanical expedition would much more than repay the expense 

 and difficulty of getting them out ; for here the climate is very 

 moist and the flora very rich. What might be found on the Tur- 

 quino itself, or anywhere along the ridge or windward slope of 

 the Maestra, can only be a matter of conjecture, but, judging 

 from the glimpse we had, it would prove well worth the trouble. 

 Only the most hurried visits could be made to the different peaks, 

 as we were fitted out for only a four days' trip. On September 

 the nineteenth we returned to Chiriviquo, having covered in the 

 four days a distance of about forty miles. 



No really comprehensive collection from this region was se- 

 cured, but much valuable information was accumulated that will 

 ' assist future explorers in the Sierra Maestra. 



viquo on the twenty-third, and Santiago the next 

 New York on September thirtieth, having 



Leaving Chirivi 

 lay, we arrive 



Respectfully subm 



Norman Taylor. 



PROGRESS IN CONSTRUCTION. 

 A contract for the construction of the rubble stone foot-bridge 

 to replace the present wooden bridge crossing the Bronx River 

 near the northern end of the hemlock grove, was awarded by the 

 Commissioners of Parks on October 18, to M. J. Leahy for #11,- 

 000. This bridge will consist of five low arches, faced with large 

 field stones selected mostly from old stone walls, which have 

 been reserved for this purpose. The plans, prepared by Mr. 

 John R. Brinley, landscape engineer of the garden, have received 

 the approval of the Board of Managers, of the Commissioner of 

 Parks for the Borough of the Bronx, and of the Municipal Art 

 Commission. The contract time is one hundred working days. 

 It is expected that some progress on the foundations will be made 



