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have heard him speak of some of his early experiences, and of a trip to the 
‘Andes, undertaken partly with a view to study the plants in their native 
surroundings, but the details are not very clear after this period of time. In 
1887, however, we find him established at Heaton, Bradford, as an Orchid 
grower and importer, and the business is spoken of as started some years - 
ago by Mr. J. Charlesworth.* The site was a gentle slope behind the 
reservoir, and the arrangements included two long ranges of Odontoglossum 
houses, and a longer and loftier range for intermediate and warm house 
plants, all the latest improvements being incorporated so as t) secure 
economy and the best results. There were large importations of Odonto- 
glossums and New Grenadan Cattleyas, collected by Mr. W. Hennis, with 
a lot of established Cypripediums, Phalznopsis, and other miscellaneous 
East Indian Orchids. 
It was probably at about this period that Mr. Charlesworth made his 
trip to the Andes, for in 1889 we find an account of the progress of the 
establishment, and mention is made of the Ecuadorean Odontoglossums 
Hallii, Edwardii, cirrhosum, and Oncidium macranthum as selected by 
Mr. Charlesworth himself during a trip undertaken both for the purpose of 
observation and collecting. There were large stocks of imported and 
established plants, but no mention is made of hybridisation, a work that we 
believe was taken up in earnest ata slightly later date. 
Somewhat later the business of Mr. E. Shuttleworth, of Clapham, 
originally a collector for Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea, was amalgamated with 
that at Heaton, under the name of Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., and 
for atime both establishments were retained. It was during this period 
that the handsome Cypripedium Charlesworthii was imported, though, 
curiously enough, the nature of the acquisition was not understood until the 
plant flowered for the first time. This was in September, 1893, and it 
created quite a sensation on account of the rose-coloured dorsal sepal and 
ivory white staminode, characters not previously known in the genus. We 
shall never forget our astonishment at seeing the flower, though prepared 
by Mr. Charlesworth for a surprise when unpacking the box. It was 
then named, and a few days later was unanimously awarded a First-class 
Certificate by the R.H.S. 
It was in 1894 that we had the pleasure of seeing the Heaton establish- 
ment for the first time,and we then remarked that the work of hybridising 
had been taken up extensivly, and there was a very large number of seedlings 
in various stages of infancy, including a lot of Cattleya, Lzlia and Sophro- 
cattleya crosses, as well as many Cypripediums, some of the latter being 
* Gard. Chron., 1887, ii. pp. 430-431. Owing to an identity of initials we have been 
with the authorshi ip of this article, but we must disclaim the honour, and it was 
not until several years later that we visited the Heaton establishment for the first time. 
