1 36 ORCHIDS. 



Lalias, besides large numbers of Lycastes, Maxillarias^ 

 Miltonias, Catasetums, JBrassias, Brasavolas, Zygopetalums, 

 Epidendrums, and a host of various Orchids. All these 

 were established plants, many were splendid specimens, 

 and there were many plants collected by Roezl, among 

 which doubtless existed many fine and probably new 

 varieties. 



The dispersion of this collection was in one view a 

 great misfortune, as many rare plants were without doubt 

 lost by passing into the possession of careless or igno- 

 rant cultivators. 



The collections of Orchids in New York and vicinity 

 are not now numerous. 



Mr. Isaac Buchanan still cherishes the love of his 

 earlier days, and has at his greenhouses in Astoria very 

 many choice plants. 



John Cadness, of Flushing, Long Island, has a small 

 sale collection. Mr. S. B. Dodd, of Hoboken, has a nice 

 amateur assortment ; John Patterson, of Newark, N. J. 

 has a good private collection. 



In Philadelphia, Robert Buist, one of our oldest florists, 

 has a small Orchid house. Mention should also be made 

 of a small assortment grown by Caleb Cope, in Philadel- 

 phia, about 1850, which was dispersed after his death. 

 At South Amboy we find the splendid collection of Mr. 

 George Such, in which still exist many of the Van Voorst 

 plants, as at the Lienau sale Mr. Such was a large pur- 

 chaser. Although a zealous amateur, Mr. Such sells sur- 

 plus or duplicate plants, and it is from his Orchid houses 

 that many of our present cultivators have first procured 

 their plants. To visit Mr. Such's collection is enough to 

 make one an Orchid amateur, and we are convinced such 



