Show Indian Inman Spends 3 Years in m inTo Wilds Wilds' To Get Rare Botani Botanical al Specimens NEW YORK Oct 2 AP AP-An AP An uneducated Indian who trekked the wilds of British Guiana for for- three years years' collecting botanical specimens mens men making repeated trips b by boat from rom the interior to the coast coat and once nee walking miles to get rare orchids and other specimens toay today today to- to day ay was r revealed veal d as a h hero ro in the botanical world Suffering hardships such as as most men will undergo o only for gold old or orther other ther precious metals the Indian n nin in n his three years of labor Jabor gathered gathered gath- gath ered red a collection that outrivals any anyn In n the world except that of ot the Royal loyal Botanical Gardens of Kew England according to an announce announcement ment today b by officials of the N NewYork New NewYork w York botanical gardens Scores of flower and pl plant nt species heretofore unknown to science have been discovered in the Indians Indian's collection collection col- col lection which is Js now at th the botanical botanical botanical botani botani- cal gardens it was announced Dr II 1 I. I A. A Gleason curator of tire New NewYork NewYork York botanical gardens today told the story of the Indians Indian's feat Dr Gleason returned to this countr country country coun coun- tr try try try- in 1921 after going into the wilds of ot British Guiana to tb gather rare rare specimens of pl plant nt life While In n the tropical country the Indian known by the Spanish name La LaCruz LaCruz Cruz and another Indian accompanied accompanied the American on his tion La Cruz showed so much In Interest interest interest in- in terest that when hen Dr Gleason left he sold the Indian his collecting outfit For three e years yeats after that time said sad Dr Gl Gleason ason mere more plants continued continued continued con con- to arrive in a steady stream until the total reached nearly specimens Mendoza the other In Indian Indian Indian In- In dian quit after a few months and the bulk of ot the plants w WEre re se secured secured secured se- se cured by La Cruz alone He had a flat-bottomed flat boat I and In it he roamed all over the northwest district of British Guiana collecting in al all an sorts of the out-of-the- way places which a white man I would have difficulty in reaching After he had got one load of or his booty to the coast coalt he immediately Immediately Immediately Immedi Immedi- started in once more walking a. a around round trip of ot some miles mile to bring out another load on his back La Cruz on some of his trips Dr Gleason said braved danger of being killed by Indians of ot different tribes The only thing thing that that distinguished La Cruz from other members of ot othis his to ibe Dr Gleas GleasOn n said was that he had an undershirt and a n huge sombrero He lie was pal paid 88 cents a day for his aid on Dr Gleason's Gleasons Gleasons Gleason's Gleasons Gleason's Glea- Glea sons son's trip into tha Interior of ot the tropical countr country |