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from the coast to the tops of the mountains. Dr. Schlechter has great 
praise for his work on the Plantworld of the Peruvian Andes (Die Pflanzen- 
welt der peruanischen Anden). Another collector who made a name for 
himself through the introduction of particularly beautiful plants from Peru, 
was Louis Forget. Unfortunately no information has been obtained 
concerning the length of his stay in Peru, or by what route he travelled. 
There is, however, no doubt: that he introduced numerous Orchids and 
other plants whose home is to be looked for on the eastern slopes of the 
Peruvian Andes. 
In reading this German book on Orchids, written by a very efficient and 
painstaking botanist, one lingers over the names of the men who collected 
and endured, for this is the human part of it. To all who dip into Orchid 
literature these names will occur again and again, and compel our esteem. 
There has been romance, pathos and tragedy in Orchid collecting, and there 
has also been chicanery. We blush when reminded of the cheating of poor 
Bungeroth at a time when “ in his letters he was expressing the hope that 
at last he would be returning to Europe, but he shared the fate of many 
Orchid collectors, and soon saw himself cheated out of the fruits of his 
efforts. He was informed that all his exportations had arrived dead, 
although his name was mentioned when his discoveries were put on the 
market.””. And our sympathy goes back to those two Spaniards who twice 
suffered disaster in losing their collections. Matthews, the gardener in 
delicate health, collected to the end. He lasted eight years. Surely his 
life was a tragedy. Louis Forget was a Frenchman, a Norman; who died 
in France in 1915. He was an ardent collector, and the call of the 
primeval forest got into his blood. On his periodical visits to Europe he 
became restless after the first few days and wanted to be back. 
Dr. Schlechter, in giving a general survey of Peru, divides it into three 
characteristic zones, namely, Costa, Sierra and Montana. He contributes 
intimate glimpses of the vegetation found in each, the climatic conditions, 
and indicates the parts that are known to have been explored. He acknow- 
ledges his indebtedness to Weberbauer for much of this material. The 
conclusions he arrives at may be quoted: “‘ What compels me to believe 
that we have yet to expect many new Orchids from Peru is the circumstance 
that an exceedingly large part of the country has never been trodden by a 
botanically- trained collector. It is the eastern slopes of the Andes that are 
specially rich in Orchids, and only in a few places have these been deeply 
Searched. That immense eastern territory of Hylaea of the department 
Loreto, Cuzco and Puno are likewise for the botanist almost terra incognita. 
Here, however, the plants will not be so easily reached as in the mountains, 
as they will mostly remain hidden in the tops of the trees of the primeval 
forest. Here the collector will be called upon to search those places where 
