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Chronicle, and the leader of the new organ of the orchid 

 cultivating world. But as long as our Revieiv has turned 

 out as a perfect paper, let us congratulate ourselves upon 

 its appearance. It is a very difficult matter to establish 

 and uphold a noble positiveness in journalism. Germany 

 is swamped with worthless organs of every part, or 

 branch of horticulture, and taking the best of all of 

 them, it would require the import of a manager to give 

 them the heading of editorials. It is to the Orchid Re- 

 view that we look for advice and guidance, and to Mr. 

 Rolfe belongs the credit of having supplied us with the 

 much-needed leadership. 



I have enjoyed the assistance of Dr. M. T. Masters 

 when addressing many of those people to whom I have 

 been applying for assistance in getting my material com- 

 pleted and corrected. Though quite a number of those 

 addressed have not considered it worth their while to 

 answer, I am under obligation to a great many corre- 

 spondents. I take these means of again expressing my 

 sincere thanks to them, and while I cannot enumerate 

 individually the information given, I have to single out 

 some, on account of their readiness in extending the 

 much-sought information. Mr. Drewett 0. Drewett, 

 Mr. F. M. Burton, Sir William Marriott, and Mr. Regi- 

 nald Young, exhausted their notes in answering me. Of 

 the nurserymen engaged in orchid growing, Messrs. 

 James Veitch & Sons were the very model of a firm, a 

 reputation attributed to them wherever mention of their 

 name is made. Messrs. Low, Williams and Bull were 

 equally ready to tell what was wanted. Messrs. W. L. 

 Lewis & Co. displayed a great amount of kindness, as 

 winsome as it was acceptable. Mr. John S. Treseder, 

 of Messrs. Heath & Son, captivated through his vivid 

 interest in my work, and to him and Mr. Wm. Murray, 



