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CHIEF COLLECTORS OF ORCHIDS 
ON THE CAPE PENINSULA. 
(LIVING COLLECTORS EXCLUDED). 
Aver, Johann Andreas: b. Stollberg, 1711; d. Swellendam, Cape 
of Good Hope, subsequent to 1805. Arrived at the Cape in 1747. 
Became superintendent of the Dutch East India Company’s Garden 
near Cape Town. He made considerable collections, which fell chiefly 
into the hands of the Burmanns of Amsterdam. A portion was pur- 
chased at the Cape by one Michiel Grubb, a Swedish merchant 
returning from China to Stockholm, who handed them over to Pehr 
Jonas Berg. The latter described from them, in 1767, a number of 
new genera and species, including the celebrated Disa uniflora, which 
Auge was thus probably the first to introduce to the knowledge of 
Europeans. He was subsequently, for a time, guide and companion 
both of Thunberg and Masson. 
Berets, C. W. A collector who resided in Cape Town in the 
early part of this century. Died prior to 1826 (see Schlectendal in 
‘Linnea,’ vol. 1. (1826) p. 250). His collections are in the Berlin 
Herbarium, 
Bowie, James: b. ; d. 1869. A gardener from Kew. 
Arrived at the Cape in 1817; returned to England in 1823. Again 
returned to the Cape in 1827, where he remained until his death. 
His collections do not appear to have been numerous or important. 
Burcuertt William James: b. 1781; d. 1868. Arrived at the 
Cape in 1810, as a traveller of independent means. He remained in 
South Africa until 1815, and during the interval made journeys 
extending beyond Kuruman northward and to the mouth of the Fish 
River eastward. His specimens were excellently preserved, and their 
value enhanced by the Geographical Catalogue, in which the dates and 
stations of collection were carefully registered. He ascended Table 
Mountain more than once, and several orchids of the Peninsula were 
first discovered by him. A few were named by him in manuscript 
and adopted by Lindley, but Burchell did not himself publish any 
descriptions of Orchids. 
Drege, Johann Francis: b. Altona ; d. Altona, 1881. Arrived 
at the Cape in 1826, for the purpose of making general collections in 
natural history, but chiefly of plants, for sale. During eight years he 
