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OENKRAL l.'KVIEW OV TIIF, ORCTTIDE.K 



house in wliicli i\[r. Ruckor's orchids were first ciiltiviited seems to 

 havo been l)ett(n' constructor than the orchid houses L>'enerally of 

 that period, being- mure roomy and susceptible of better ventilation;* 

 a circumstance which doubtless contributed much to the great success 

 attained by Mr. Rncker in that eaily periled of orchid culture, and 

 whose specimens when exhibited rarely failed to secure the highest 



Vamla Rnxlmrf;lii as cultivated by Mr. Sigisiiinnd Rufkor in ISIO. 

 (Coiiied from Paxloii's Maga~.ine nf Jkitan'i.) 



awards at the various horticultural exhibitions in and around London. 

 Anguloa Rucheri, Dendrohium RucJceri and other species were dedi- 

 cated to him. 



At the time Mr. Kucker began to cultivate orchids Mr. George 

 Barker, of Springfield, near Birmingham, possessed one of the best 



* A ])kn of Mr. Rucker's first orchid house is given in the IntroiUietiou to j\Ir. Bateman's 

 Orchidoceo- of Mexico and Gnatemala. 



