HENRY BUTTON. 



COLLECTOR IN JAVA AND THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 



18661868. 



HENRY BUTTON, a son of a former head-gardener to Lord 

 Houghton, already, in young days, an ardent student and 

 promising explorer, was sent on a collecting mission to the 

 East in 1866. 



After twelve months' residence in Java, when it was hoped 

 he had become sufficiently inured to the climate to extend his 

 explorations, his health broke down and he fell a victim to his 

 enthusiasm. 



In commemoration of his zealous services and early death, 

 his name is associated with a new species of Cymbidium* 

 he was the means of introducing to this country from Java, 

 together with Saccolabium (Aerides) Huttoni from the same 

 country, and Dendrobium Huttoni, which he sent from the 

 island of Timor in the Malay Archipelago. He rediscovered 

 and successfully introduced the very rare Vanda insignis. 



* Cymbidium Huttoni, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5676. 



