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not high, but very difficult to climb on account of the jagged 
limestone rock of which they are composed and the wild tangle 
of vines and thorny shrubs which must be cut away with the 
machete. The collections made here were mead ai interest- 
ing, — of the species being new. An expedition over these 
mountain ranges into the moist lowlands of ie “upper valley” 
eae oe the mountains and the coast would doubtless 
bring in still larger ae but would require more time and a 
more eee equipment than we had at our disposal. 
On March 10 we broke camp and drove back to Herradura by 
way of Paso Real. The ae and fields in the vicinity of 
Herradura were explored on horseback during the next two days 
and we then returned to the Experiment oe in time to enjoy 
a visit from President Palma, accompanied by Luis Marx, a 
ealthy planter, and General Montalvo, the pee appointed 
ae of Public Works and Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
The care with which these men inspected every detail of the wor 
showed the great interest taken by each of them in the Station 
and augurs well for its future. 
The evening of March 16 was delightfully spent at the home 
of Professor Earle with the members of the Station Staff and their 
families. Incidentally, another use of the royal palm was dis- 
covered on this occasion in the highly decorative ae of its 
immense ae when used to enclose a large veranda lighted by 
numerous electric bulbs and colored lanterns. The next morn- 
ing before daybreak Professor Earle and I left for the eastern 
part of the island, making stops and excursions of varying length 
at Santa Clara in Santa Clara province, Ciego de Avila in Puerto 
Principe and Alto Cedro in the province of Santiago de Cuba. 
No fungi had been previously collected in Puerto Principe. 
The results of these rather brief excursions into five out of the 
six provinces of Cuba were even better than we had expected and 
the 2,500 or more specimens obtained give a fair idea of the 
fungus flora of the Cuban lowlands during the latter part of the 
dry season. Further explorations shoul e made in similar 
localities during the summer and autumn to secure fleshy forms, 
particularly the Agaricaceae. The flora of the high mountains 
