JOURNAL 
OF 
The New York Botanical Garden 
VoL. VI. July, 1905. No. 67. 
A TRIP TO CUBA. 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Drrecror-1n-CuHIEF. 
Dear Sir: The fungi of Cuba have been known chiefly through 
the collections of Ramon de la Sagra and Charles Wright. 
Sagra’s material was worked over by Montagne and the types 
are at Paris; Wright’s types are at Kew, described by Berkeley. 
Many of hee types are in poor condition, and many of those 
better preserved give a very imperfect idea of the original plant on 
account of scarcity of material and changes in appearance during 
the lapse of years. It is true, also, that Wright in particular was 
no special student of fungi, nor were his patrons interested in this 
group, which may account for the comparatively small number 
of fungus specimens (something over 1,600 numbers) secured 
during his ten years of labor in the island. 
as with the intention of increasing our knowledge of the 
described species, and the hope of adding to the list of those 
undescribed that I recently undertook a collecting expedition 
covering several widely separated and topographically different 
localities in Cuba. The success of this expedition was largely 
due to Professor F. S. Earle, Director of the Cuban Experiment 
saan whose skill and enthusiasm as a collector and intimate 
knowledge of the country and people left nothing to be desired. 
We were ene during the whole expedition, sing the 
expenses and dividing the specimens. t times we were ably 
assisted by Mrs. Earle and Mrs. Murrill, who not only did their 
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