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(t. 3791), may also be mentioned as novelties which were sent to 
Woburn by Mr. Parkinson. 
Brassavola cuspidata (t. 3722), was a remarkable novelty ‘“‘from the 
collecticn of John Moss, Esq., of Otterspool, Liverpool, which, partly 
owing to that gentleman’s South American correspondents and con- 
nections, and partly to the skill of his gardener, Mr. James, bids fair to. 
rival some of the many collections of Orchideous plants of which the 
county may well be proud. The plant was sent from Trinidad with about 
fifty others of the same family.” 
Last, but not least, among the novelties must be mentioned Oncidium 
concolor (t. 3752), ‘‘an extremely beautiful plant, an inhabitant of the 
Organ Mountains of Brazil, where it was found by Mr. Gardner, in 1837, 
and whence it was sent by him to the Woburn collection.” 
Among the more interesting novelties figured in the Botanical Register 
for 1841 may be mentioned the pretty little Cattleya Aclandiz (t. 48), of 
which Lindley remarked :—‘“‘ I have only seen a single flower, which I owe 
to the kindness of Lady Acland of Killerton, by whom the drawing, from 
which the annexed figure was prepared, was also supplied. It was received 
from Brazil in October, 1839, having been discovered by Lieut. James, of 
H.M.S. Spey, and flowered at Killerton in the month of July, 1840, under 
the able management of Mr. Craggs, Sir Thomas Acland’s gardener. 
Odontoglossum maculatum (t. 30) was ‘‘another rarity from the rich 
storehouse of Mr. Barker, who imported it from Mexico.” The brilliant 
Epidendrum vitellinum (t. 35) also appeared in cultivation for the first 
time, in Mr. Barker’s collection. It was already known from dried 
specimens, which, however, Lindley remarked, failed to convey a true idea 
of the natural appearance of this species when in health and flowering 
under favourable circumstances. Lelia rubescens (t. 41) also flowered 
with Mr. Barker, who purchased it at Mr. Knight’s Nursery, in the King’s 
Road, Chelsea. 
The introduction of Brassavola glauca has already been mentioned, and 
the plant being figured by Lindley in the work under notice (t. 44) 
furnishes an opportunity to mention a curious circumstance in connection 
with its introduction which is not without significance in connection with 
the history of Orchid cultivation. It was first known to Lindley by plants 
sent to the Horticultural Society by Hartweg, but afterwards made its 
appearance amongst a huge assemblage of Mexican Orchids which had been 
sent to England (on speculation) by a Frenchman named Deschamps. 
The note is from the pen of Mr. Bateman. “ This importation was quite 
unique in its way, and formed a sort of epoch in the history of the 
Orchido-mania. A vessel came into port freighted, almost exclusively, with 
Epiphytes and Cacti, and such was their abundance, that it was found 
