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travellers and collectors who have added so largely to our 

 knowledge of Orchids, and who have laboured so arduously 

 and incessantly to enable us to enjoy the beauties of the 

 choicest productions of the vegetable world, without the dangers 

 and difficulties with which they had to contend. Many of 

 them, alas ! have fallen victims to the fatigues of the under- 

 taking, and the pestilential climate, thus suffering martyrdom 

 for the cause of horticulture. I allude specially to such men 

 as the brothers Lobb, Hartweg, J. G. Veitch, Colonel Benson, 

 O'Reilly, the Rev. C. Parish, Pearce, Bowman, Weir, Hutton, 

 Kramer, Porte, Wallis, Linden, Skinner, Hugh Low, Schlim, 

 Warscewicz, Blunt, and many others who might be named, 

 did space permit. These were men who had in view the 

 advancement of science, and the enriching of our collections 

 with new plants and new forms ; and their example might be 

 followed with advantage by many of the latter day collectors, 

 who, instead of sending home a few plants in good order, 

 allowing the skill of the cultivator to grow and increase them 

 at home, seem determined to exterminate the race of Orchids 

 from their natural localities, without any one deriving benefit 

 thereby ; for when such vast quantities are gathered, they 

 arrive in this country in an almost "putrid state, arising from 

 over- crowding ; whilst, had a few dozens only been sent, and 

 that with proper care in packing, they would in all probability 

 have arrived in a living state. 



THE TREATMENT OF TROPICAL ORCHmS. 



RCHIDS are divided into two sections, terrestrial and 

 epiphytal. Those are termed Terrestrial that grow 

 in earth ; such are the genera Orchis, Phajus, 

 Calanthei Bletia, Cyjmpeduim, Neottia, Goodyera, Epipactis, 



