1 ne Burman books tell us (says Dr. Mason) that the trees round 
must either have been in great favour with the Nats, supposing, as Is. 
highly probable, et Bos placed the Orchids there for his specia 
delectation ; or, if ere his own collector, he certainly displayed very 
good taste, and an pes appreciation of ‘the beautiful’ in Nature ; 
for, — out of all Flora’s choice and bounteous store, n nothin 
could have been drawn more worthy of royal regard. It is with Orchids. 
still that the wealthy and the great love to eater themselves in 
countries where these lovely flowers are strange and exotic ; and this. 
at a cost which would proba bly have astonished good King Wathandri ia, 
and which, in the aggregate, is worth a king’s ransom.”— PARISH. 
