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ground which Swainson seems, by his books, to 
have traversed. At the same time Clarke followed 
Gardner’s track through the Pedro Bonita and 
Topsail Mountains. Then Osmers traced the 
whole coast-line of the Brazils from north to south, 
employing five years in the work. Finally, 
Digance undertook the search, and died this year. 
To these men we owe grand discoveries beyond 
counting. To name but the grandest, Arnold 
found Cattleya Percevaliana ; from Colombia were 
brought Odont. vex. rubellum, Bollea celestis, Pesca- 
torea Klabochorum ; Smith sent Cattleya O’ brien- 
tana; Clarke the dwarf Cattleyas, pumzla and 
prestans; WLawrenceson Cattleya Schroedere ; 
Chesterton Cattleya Sanderiana ; Digance Cattleya 
Diganceana, which received a Botanical certificate 
from the Royal Horticultural Society on Sep- 
tember 8th, 1890. But they heard not a whisper 
of the lost orchid. 
In 1889 a collector employed by M. Moreau, of 
Paris, to explore Central and North Brazil in search 
of insects, sent home fifty plants—for M. Moreau is 
an enthusiast in orchidology also. He had no object 
in keeping the secret of its habitat, and when Mr. 
Sander, chancing to call, recognized the treasure 
so long lost, he gave every assistance. Meanwhile, 
the International Horticultural Society of Brussels 
