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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 tliis 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. Many 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 period of the 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 days 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 Government 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 montlis during 
the year in archeological work in Peru and Bolivia. The region 
around Lima, according to Mr. Means, is undoubtedly one of the 
richest in South America from the archeological standpoint. After 
visiting a number of the ancient ruins in this section, considerable 
time was spent in examining tlie archeological collections of several 
South American scientists. In an accomit of his work, Mr. Means 
says: 
Two of the least known places visited were Maranga and Pando. They are 
very close together, and are about 6 miles northwest of Lima. In its prime, 
Maranga had four fine terraces, with a spacious terreplein at tlie top. At the 
bottom the pyramid is about 450 feet square and the summit tei-replein is about 
250 feet by 350. The material of construction is adobe. This pyramid is prob- 
ably of Inca constr-uction ; it is much like tlie Inca-built Temple of the Sun at 
Pachacamac and has yielded many Inca artifacts. 
Lying somewhat nortli and northwest of Maranga are the ruins of Pando. 
These cover an immense amount of ground, and consist of several pyramids 
