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island made it more difficult to secure extensive collections. 
Over a thousand numbers, however, were taken for herbarium 
material, illustrating fully two-thirds that number of species, be- 
ides cacti sent home in a living condition and seeds for 
cultivation. For r expeditions I should rec th 
the principal effort be directed: (1) To the Luquillo mountains 
and o the quadrangle located between the four towns o 
bo, Lares, Adjuntas, and C With the government 
e uillo trip will involve greater 
hardships and difficulties that experience alone will full Ive, 
b case successful collection mu le with a base of 
supplies suitable for drying plants apart from the actual party in 
t \ munication betw the two of 
peones, for El Yun uring most of our stay at San Juan 
showed his head only occasionally, and the rains during the sum- 
mer season are not only daily but sometimes almost continuous 
for several days ata time. Taken at its best, tropical collecting 
is nosummer holiday but its unpleasant features are more than 
once so beautiful and so interesting botanically. It was a rare 
prize to secure its possession, and we owe its people the possi- 
eeking 
with an interest more than commensurate with their oe 
of what it reall. 
what it really means to them Lucien M. UNpERWwoon. 
WEATHER REPORT FOR OCTOBER, rgor. 
The total amount of eee in the Garden during Octo- 
ber, 1901, was 3.21 inches. Maximum temperatures of 75.5 on 
the 18th, 30 on the 25th, 28 on the 26th, and 30 on the 29th 
were observed 
The temperature curve shows no marked deflections, and the 
total exposure to frost was very small. This month afforded a 
