JOURNAL 
The New York Botanical Garden 
Vor. VI. January, 1905. No. 61. 
BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF THE INAGUA 
ISLANDS, BAHAMAS. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, DirecTor-1n-Culer. 
Dear Siy: I submit herewith my report upon a trip to the 
Inaguas. J was accompanied by Mr. Norman Taylor, as assist- 
ant. We left New York on October 5, 1904, and arrived again 
in this city on November 11, after an absence of a little over five 
weeks, four of which were spent on the islands. 
On our | at Mathew Town on the tenth of October, we 
were met by Mr. A. B. Barbes, who, by previous acute 
had kindly ee accommodations for us at the fe) 
Chas. A. Sargent. This gentleman proved a most genial sad 
pleasant host, and his kindly consideration and epee 
made our stay on the islands a most enjoyable one. His intimate 
knowledge of the country and its people made his services to us 
invaluable in planning our trips. 
s these islands had not been botanically pias ee 
to our visit, and as many of the places visited by us are known 
by local names only, I have thought it advisable to oe with 
this report a map of the islands (Fig. a ae the set at 
which we touched and their official o hav 
failed to find any account in botanical pe of the ee 
of these most interesting islands, I aes ee herewith a rather de- 
tailed account of our trips in and around t 
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