Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fiu. T].—The avenue of palms in the Botanical Garden at Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. Photograph by Russell. 62 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 the Organ Mountains, near Petropolis. the summer home of thewealthiest classes of Rio de Janeiro. This range of mountains meritsa more thorough biological exploration than has been hitherto Fig. 78.—Ccrciis Forbcsii Forst., from the desertregion near Cordova, Argentina. Photograph byRussell. Proceeding southward, a day was spent at Santos, Brazil, theworlds
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fiu. T].—The avenue of palms in the Botanical Garden at Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. Photograph by Russell. 62 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 the Organ Mountains, near Petropolis. the summer home of thewealthiest classes of Rio de Janeiro. This range of mountains meritsa more thorough biological exploration than has been hitherto Fig. 78.—Ccrciis Forbcsii Forst., from the desertregion near Cordova, Argentina. Photograph byRussell. Proceeding southward, a day was spent at Santos, Brazil, theworlds greatest coffee center. Buenos Aires was visited next, al-though but little time was spent in the city. Several visits were NO. 3 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I915 63 made to the fine suburb of La Plata, where resides Dr. CarlosSpegazzini, the leading authority on Argentine cactuses. From Buenos Aires a trip was taken across Argentina to ]\Ien-doza, a city situated near the foot of the Andes, in a region favorableto the growth of succulent plants. From there a short excursionwas made to Portrerillos, Argentina, on the railway which leads to\a]paraiso, Chile. Many very interesting plants were found in boththese places. In the city of Cordova, Argentina, northwest of Buenos Aires,the cactus collection of Dr. Frederick Kurtz was found to containsome rare types, w^hich were very kindly submitted for examinationand study. I
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