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THE GUIDE To NATURE 



mosphere, and the tiers on which it grows 

 frequently stand solitary and grand, while 

 where its sister, C. Chrysotoxa, grows, the 

 atmosphere is warmer, the trees or forests 

 somewhat denser, especiall) when it is found 

 in gorges or along a stream or river, and the 

 plants arc more protected from the sun. 



"I new plodded along the beautiful Cauca 

 \'alK-> southward looking for Catileya Choc- 

 oensis, which, on the twenty-fifth of August, 

 I found in full bloom. The sight was one of 

 the most beautiful a mortal could behold — 



1 terallj covered trunks and branches, being 

 fastened and suspended in every imaginable 

 position, and so easy of access, thai I sat 



in thi- -addle and picked them by the handful. 

 The Rowers were very fine, large and open." 



Here are recounted some of the diffi- 

 culties of packing and shipping: 



"The greatest difficulty in this region is to 

 obtain cases for packing, and to move the 

 cargo when once packed. After the plants 

 have been brought out from the forest (usu 

 ally in hags on men's hacks) to some locality 



ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI. 

 Native of the cool Colombian Andes. The flowers are white suffused with rose, in great numbers on long, 



arching, graceful sprays. 



patches and stretches of forest occur here on 

 level land, a great deal of which is swampy. 

 In the valley proper my trail led through a 

 moderately dense forest where Cattleya Choc- 

 oensis was at home in the true sense of the 

 word. The trees were mostly of a short and 

 stunted appearance and covered with moss 

 from the roots to the branches. Here these 

 plants grew by the thousands ; in fact, it is 

 the only Cattleya that I have ever seen grow- 

 ing in such quantity in a given place. They 



from which mules can be used to transport 

 them, there is no possibility of obtaining lum- 

 ber for packing cases, and I had to resort to 

 all sorts of expedients with more or less 

 success. Finally I bought coffee bags, ripped 

 them open, and laid two bags crosswise in a 

 box or form made without bottom for the 

 occasion. In this plants were tightly packed 

 with dry plantain leaves and when it was full 

 the ends of the bags were sewed together, 

 after which the frame was removed, leaving 



