A. R. ENDRES. 



COLLECTOR IN COSTA RICA. 



18711873. 



THIS traveller was a half-caste named to us by Mr. James 

 Bateman, who had employed him to collect Orchids in 

 Guatemala through Mr. G. Ure- Skinner. 



On the untimely death of Zahn by drowning, Endres, at 

 that time in Costa Rica, was engaged to continue Zahn's work 

 and search for rare plants known to exist in that country, 

 more especially Odontoglossum Warscewiczii (Miltonia En- 

 dresii), Cattleya Dowiana, and Anthurium Scherzerianum, 

 all at that time valuable plants. 



Endres commenced collecting in 1871, and was later joined 

 by Downton (q.v.), who brought the collection to England. 



Many Orchids were subsequently sent home, but few of. 

 horticultural merit, with the exception of Cattleya Dowiana 

 and Miltonia Endresii ; the mission, which terminated in 

 April 1873, was expensive and scarcely a success. 



Epidendrum Endresii, Odontoglossum Warscewiczii (Mil- 

 tonia Endresii) and Utricularia Endresii commemorate this 

 traveller's name. 



References : Bot. Mag. sub tt. 7855 and 6656. " Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI." 



pt. viii. p. 101. 



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