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it from its retreat. The animal was thus captured without being 
mutilated, and later became a much prized specimen of the United 
States National Museum. A similar enthusiasm, coupled in this case 
with marked endurance, was shown"by the more than 100 monthly trips 
made over the rough mountain 
trails from Cinchona to Blue Moun- 
tain peak, to secure records of the cli- 
matic peculiarities of this highest 
elevation in Jamaica. These records 
are probably the only ones yet made 
at any such elevation (7428 ft.) in 
the West Indies, or for that matter 
in all eastern North America. During 
these trips, as on his official journeys 
to other parts of the island, he per- 
sistently observed and collected the 
native plants. 
The chief contributions to botani- 
cal science made by Mr. Harris were 
those to plant taxonomy and floris- 
tic geography. While the herbarium 
at Hope Gardens (it was at Cinchona 
until 1897) was under his care, that 
is, from 1908 to 1920, as well as for 
two previous decades while under the 
supervision of the Director of Agri- 
culture, the Honorable William Faw- 
cett, thousands of specimens were 
added to it, collected chiefly by Mr. 
Harris himself. These plants were gathered not only during his official 
trips to various parts of the island, but also while on special expeditions 
to the less settled parts of Jamaica. Thus he accompanied expeditions 
sent by the New York Botanical Garden to the “Cockpit country”’ 
of central Jamaica in 1906; one to the Santa Cruz Mountains in 1907; 
around the whole coast and to the Blue Mountains in 1908; and one to 
the John Crow Mountains of eastern Jamaica in rg09. Dr. BRITTON, 
in recalling these expeditions, pays this tribute to HARRIS as a CO- 
worker: ‘‘He was one of the most enjoyable scientific companions I 
have ever known, always cheerful, active, and original.” Of the 8000 
Jamaican species added to the herbarium at Hope during the 29 years 
