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given, but is equally so for the palms and will be probably found 
to be the same for other plants. From a point a few miles west of 
Incidentally it may be said that no more desirable sesion 
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scenery so much has been written e old mili roa 
from San Juan to Ponce possesses s gnificient tropical 
scenery it is far less so than thi tchless valley io 
Grande de Areci long whose valley from the watershed 
turesque meanderings of - ote fupuleaous cu 
After a return to th f su ie a second trip 
was taken over the miley road to Ponce with a side trip to the 
coast at Guyama and excursions thence to Aguirre in the direc- 
tion of Salinas, and a stay of three aus - oan Springs with ex- 
cursions in that neighborhood. TI! 
entirely different facies from the central or northern eortons of 
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