before the Botanical Congress in London. 237 
on Orchids; and many others I could name, 
existed, had there not been rich amateurs either to edit or buy 
th 
em. 
It is horticulture that has given us the longest series of illus- _ 
trated journals that have ever been published; and here I must 
do justice especially to the English horticulturists. No doubt 
the science of our time requires a larger amount of analytical 
details than is contained in the plates of the “ Botanical M: \- 
zine,” “Botanical Register,” ‘Andrews’ Repository,” “Loddiges’ 
Am. Jour. Sc1.—Szconp Szrigs, VoL. XLII, No. 125,—Sert., 1866. 
