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particular kind of palm, which the natives work, and which entails the 
destruction of many plants. 
“The rare examples that I have succeeded in introducing, in perfect 
condition, make up the whole of my collection, and I doubt whether it will 
be possible to re-introduce specimens in such good condition. 
“The plants put up for sale are very sound, and are just on the point of 
growing.” 
It may be added that eighty-nine plants are offered for sale, at prices 
ranging from 500 down to 123 francs. 
It would thus appear that we have reached a new era in the history of 
this plant. In 1893 it could be written :—‘ Excepting young and very 
small plants, no more Eulophiella are to be found, and the plants left will 
be guarded by my brother-in-law until they may be wanted by me. At least 
several years must elapse before these small plants are large enough to 
gather. Amateurs of this superb Orchid may be sure that no plant can, or 
will, be imported. I can guarantee that no man can collect them. My 
brother-in-law’s will is absolute in the country of the Eulophiella.” See 
O. R., ii., p, 231. And now? The protector seems to have failed in his task. 
Of course he would be powerless against cyclones and bush-fires, but he 
might have looked after inexperienced collectors, and kept the destructive 
propensities of the natives in check. And where is the terrible Madagascar 
lion-which played so patriotic a part in guarding the Eulophiella against 
all and sundry who ventured within the district in which it grows ?—I. c., 
p- tor. All seem to have disappeared, and the result is that the poor plant 
isin rather a bad way. On the whole I am rather glad to find that the 
Government of France is likely to step in and prevent its extermination. 
The two stories, it must be admitted, do not hang together very well, 
and there is yet a third variant which is attributed to the same collector, in 
which the question is asked as to “ what price you offer for the remainder, 
because I have entirely destroyed the plant in its native habitat.” O. M1 Bi 234. 
The italics are mine. I do not vouch for the accuracy of this version, but 
it has long been on record, and I have not yet seen it publicly repudiated. 
Things are evidently getting a little mixed, and the historian of the future 
may have some difficulty in extricating the few grains of fact. I relinquish 
the task joyfully. 
In my last notes, at page 194, I alluded to the meeting of the R. H. S., 
held at the Old Deer Park, Richmond, on June 27th, in conjunction with 
the Annual Show of the Richmond Horticultural Society, and to the fact 
