oruEteoeans oa exhibit ia that iastitution* though ho doos have m very 
oomprsheasiv© r©pres«mtation of SsHKiasisaiK Psaiaaaaiaa ehsll®, birds, 
and raptiloB# 
Hot having ®ay peat ia #iioh to pabk lay palm seeds, I called 
oa Mr* Paul Allen, hortieulturist of the local botaJiioal garden and 
also assooited ^rlth the Zone exporiamtal gardens at He let me 
Imv© the peat I needed Mid also gavs me several rare pala seeds for the 
Hatioaal Eerbarium* 
As the soieatifio oolleetioas that I had sad# to the Galapagos 
Islands tieedod paeking Mid las Captain Floking had offered lae the wry 
excellent facilities available at Coco ^^lo, I weat over to sub- 
laariae base oa tto second and spent this day and tlio next here, relxim- 
ing to Panemo. on Sunday, the 4th, in tim to ©atoh tJi© scheduled plane 
for Miami , As the oonaeoting plan© from .%uth America was delayed, 
the departure ms postponed laitil lloadi^ afternoon, tdie Sth* heaving 
at 2 p.m, , we arrived at Miami/ that night at 9 p*s* Here ay Rooseveltia 
palm seeds were taken over by the plent quarantine latspeotor, and so I 
went domi to the Miaai offioa tiie next aoming to make arraagcasients for 
their ahi’^st to Washington, This iimtter was very kindly taken oar© 
of by Mr, Gist, wiio happened to be the plant inspector who oeia© to 
Pensacola In 1938 iM to pass the plant eoileotioas I brought ba«^ with 
me free the Presidential Cruis® at that time. Sill Merrill wanted 
efpeolally to bo resiecsbered to you* 
Dia*lr^ the few hours reraaining before departure of tlie ♦Wash- 
ington plan© at 2 p»Ei*, I called on Captain Jolm W* liill/fe, of to® 
Gamegio Institotion s Tortugas Laboratory, new retired, to consult tyith 
him regarding available motor boats, particularly toos© on sal® by the 
