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mens, 100 jars of fruit seeds and plant products preserved in 

 formalin, a number of wood specimens, and samples of bark, was 

 collected. It is expected that this and other proposed botanical 

 researches in this region will be of much value to the agricultural 

 and horticultural interests in this country. 



In the course of Dr. Rose's work in Ecuador two sections were 

 made of the coast across the western range of the Andes to the 

 interior Andean Valley; one in the south from Santa Rosa to Loja, 

 and the other near the center of the country from Guayaquil to 

 Riobamba. A longitudinal section was made down the Andean 

 Valley from San Antonio to Loja. This last section was over the 

 route followed by Alexander von Humboldt at the beginning of 

 the eighteenth century. Man3r of the plants collected by him on this 

 memorable journey were re-collected. 



CINCHONA BOTANICAL STATION. 



With the consent of the governor of Jamaica the three-years' lease 

 of the Cinchona Botanical Station, held by the institution, was can- 

 celed during the j^eriod of war, as it was found impracticable to 

 undertake any botanical research there during the unsettled condi- 

 tions prevailing. The lease was terminated, however, with the hope 

 that it could be taken up again with the return of normal conditions, 

 and a few daj'S after the close of the fiscal year a letter was received 

 from Prof. Duncan S. Johnson, chairman of the committee of sub- 

 scribers to the maintenance of the station, at that time in Jamaica, 

 stating that he had. begun negotiations with the (rovernment to 

 renew the lease, beginning January. 1920. 



ANTHROPOLOGICAL WORK IN PERU AND BOLIVIA. 



Mr. Philip A. Means, honorary collaborator in American arche- 

 ology, United States National Museum, spent some months during 

 the year in archeological work in Peru and Bolivia. The region 

 aroimd Lima, according to Mr. Means, is undoubtedly one of the 

 richest in South America from the archeological standpoint. Aftei- 

 visiting a number of the ancient ruins in this section, considerable 

 time was spent in examining the archeological collections of several 

 South American scientists. In an account of his work, Mr. Means 

 says: 



Two of the lea.st known places visited were MaranKa and Pando. They are 

 very close together, and are about 6 miles northwest of Lima. In its prime, 

 Maranga had four fine tei-races, with a spacious terreplein at the top. Ar the 

 bottom the pyramid is about 4.50 feet square and the summit terreplein is about 

 2.50 feet by 350. The material of construction is adobe. This pyramid is prob- 

 ably of Inoa construction : it is much like the Inca-built Temple of the Sun at 

 Pachacamac and has yielded many Inca artifacts. 



Lying somewhat north and northwest of Maranga are the ruins of Pando. 

 These cover an immense amount of ground, and consist of several pyramids 



