ijrief xieport on frip to Ecuador, Bsru, and BoliTia, May 25 , 1923, to 
i^'ebruary 18, 1924. ■ ' A* 8* Hitolicock- 
In order to place on record the economic results of the trip they 
will be here outlined, though the results of technical botanical interest 
will be presented in detail later for publication. It shoula be noted, 
however, that the botanical .information obtained is tne real basis for 
a complete l^nowledge of the graaing industry of the countries visited* 
^'or work in ncuador financial aid was contributed by the Gray Herbarium ' 
of Harvard University and the lew York Botanical Garden, which institutions 
shared in the sijecimens obtained* 
Itiiierary* 
I left new -otk nay £5th on a Binama E.;.llroad steamer for mnam 
where I remained a few days until I could sail on t.i.e Peruvian Line 
for Guayaquil, at wnich Ecuadorean port I arrived June 16th. 
For two weeks headcjuarters were inade at Guayaquil. . Tnrous:h tne 
._indness of Mr. Orr, geologist, ana Mr. ...larK, nanager, I was able to 
spend about a week at the Oil Ga^p, between Guayaquil and Salinas, where 
the otandard Oil Ooiiipany was drilling atestwell. 
About July 1 I went to Huigra wnere I made my headquarters for 
four weeks. Euigra is a station (4000 ft.) on the railroad from Guayaquil 
to .,uito, the only railroad of Importance in :::cuador. nxcursions were 
made uy- and down the railroad and to several places on the /oastal plain, 
naniely, to :..ilagro, a sugar plantation, managed by yr. B3re2, to feresita, 
a banana plantation, ovmed by Mr. Cleveland, and to Hantation l^nigdn 
