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other collections in that part of England obtained considerable 

 celebrity among orchid amateurs. One belonged to tbe liev. Jobn 

 Clowes at Broughton Hall, Manchester ; the house in which his 

 collection was cultivated was of somewhat novel construction, the 

 most prominent feature of it being a raised central gallery from 

 which the plants placed on the shelves of a sloping stage on each 

 side could be viewed from above.* His collection was left by will 

 to the Royal Gardens at Kew, whither it was removed on the death 

 of Mr. Clowes in 1846. The fine Anguloa from South America 

 worthily commemorates his name. The second collection was that of 

 Mr. Thomas Brocklehurst at The Fence, near Maecles6eld, mentioned 

 in the previous article ; t his name is kept in memory by the type 



Orchid baskets used by the Rev. Ji)hn Chnves. 

 (Copied from Paxtoii's Maguziiie. of Botany.) 



species of Houlletia. Contemporary with these was another collection 

 that had been formed by Sir Charles Lemon, at Carclew in Cornwall, 

 and which appears to have been an extensive one for that period. 

 Several fine orchids were communicated from it to Dr. Lindley for 

 fio-uring and description in ihe Botanical Register. 



Far superior to these collections in the number of species 

 and varieties cultivated and in the length of time it was maintained 

 in efficiency was that of another distinguished "Orchid Worthy/' 

 Mr. Sigismund Rucker at West Hill, Wandsworth, which had its 

 commencement towards the end of the fourth decade and which was 

 not finally dispersed till the death of that gentleman in 1875. The 



* A plan of this house is given by Mr. Bateman in the lutioJuction to the Orchidacece 

 of Mexico and Guatemala, 



t /S'ce p. 122. 



