HORTUS VEITCHII 



interesting genus, one of which* was named by Professor 

 Reichenbach in compliment to the discoverer. 



During his stay in South America Davis crossed the 

 Cordilleras of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia no less than 

 twenty times, at elevations of 14,000-17,000 ft., and he 

 traversed that vast continent from one side to the other, along 

 the whole length of the Amazon valley. 



On his return to England in 1877 he was selected to conduct 

 the botanical analysis of the herbage on the experimental plots 

 at Rothamstead, and, returning to Chelsea on the termination 

 of this engagement, is still in the employ of Messrs. Veitch. 



* Masdevallia Davisii, Echb. in Gard. Chrori. 1874, vol. ii. p. 710. 



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