PREFACE vvvo:ix 



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The publication of the present volume represents the 

 fultilment of some portion of the trust bequeathed to me by 

 the late author. 



Thirty-six of the hundred plates have already appeared in 

 the "Orchids of the Cape Peninsula," published in 1888, and 

 now out of print. In addition to these nine were drawn from 

 the livmg plants by Mr. F. BOLUS and bear his name. The 

 remaining fifty-five are the finished, or more or less finished 

 drawings left by the author. In the latter cases additions of 

 various kinds were made to complete the plates by Mr. 

 F. Bolus, to whom I am also greatly indebted for his help 

 in the correcting and revising of proofs and for a general 

 supervision of the whole work. 



Besides the old friends whose help has been acknowledged 

 m the prefaces to the previous volumes, I specially wish to 

 thank Mr. A. G. McLouGHLiN, of Engcobo, whose specimens 

 carefully enclosed in several layers of brown paper saturated 

 with water arrived after a journey of five or six days looking 

 as if they had just been gathered ; also Mr. T. R. SiM, 

 of Pietermaritzburg, and Mrs. T. V. Paterson, of Redhouse, 

 daughter of the late Mr. RusSELL Hallack, in whose honour 

 Satyrium Hallackii was named. 



It is our intention to proceed with the drawing of African 

 Orchids, and in order to achieve this end we must rely very 

 considerably on those who are interested in this study and 

 have opportunities for collecting and transmitting living 

 specimens. These will be most gratefully received, and labels 

 for free postage can be sent to all who desire them. 



H. M. L. Bolus, 

 " Sherwood," Curator Bolus Herbarium, 



Kenilworth, South Africau College, 



Near Cape Town. Cape Town. 



February 12///, 1913. 



