340 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NovEMBER, 1913. 
Richard Pearce was sent to Chili, Peru, and Bolivia, where he collected 
very successfully between 1859 and 1866, and although his work was not 
much among Orchids the introduction of Cypripedium caricinum and 
Epidendrum syringothyrsus are attributed to him. 
John Gould Veitch went to Japan in 1860, proceeding thence to the 
Philippine Islands, whence he sent a number of Phaleenopsis, then rare in 
British gardens, and finally visiting the South Sea Islands. His 
introductions include Dendrobium Johannis, Gouldii, and canaliculatum, 
Cypripedium philippinense, and Cymbidium canaliculatum. 
Henry Hutton was sent on a collecting mission to the East in 1866, 
and spent some time in Java, thence proceeding to other parts of the 
Malay Archipelago. His introductions include the remarkable Cymbidium 
Huttonii, Saccolabium Huttonii, Dendrobium superbum var. Huttonii, 
and th: rare Vanda. insignis. 
Carl Kramer was sent to Japan in 1867, and afterwards went to Costa 
Rica and Guatemala for Orchids, but the introduction of Odontoglossum 
Krameri, named after him, seems to have been almost his only success. 
Gottlieb Zahn went to Central America in 1869, seuding home several 
consignments of Orchids from the neighbourhood of Chiriqui, from which 
Epidendrum physodes and Masdevallia lata were described. He was 
proceeding to Costa Rica when he perished by drowning. 
_ J. H. Chesterton was a very successful collector for the firm between 
1870 and 1878. Originally a valet for a gentleman who travelled much in 
foreign lands, Chesterton wished to bring home some of the floral 
treasures which he met with, and applied to Messrs. Veitch as to the best 
means of packing them. Information was readily afforded, and 
opportunities given of seeing plants packed for long journeys, as well as 
those recently imported. Nothing more was heard of Chesterton for some 
time, but on returning from a visit to South America he came to Chelsea 
with a collection of Orchids so carefu'ly packed and cared for that they 
arrived in the best possible condition. Messrs. Veitch accepted the offer of 
purchase, and subsequently Chesterton entered the service of the firm as 
traveller, the special object being the introduction of the much talked-of 
scarlet Odontogiossum (O. vexillarium), whose existence had been made 
known by Bowman, an earlier traveller of the firm, and afterwards by Wallis 
and Roezl, who had made unsuccessful attempts at its introduction. 
Chesterton started with but the scantiest information, but he succeeded in 
discovering the plant, and safely introduced it to Chelsea, where it flowered 
for the first time in 1873. Chesterton alse sent home the fine Masdevallia 
coccinea Harryana, M. simula, some fine forms and hybrids of Odonto- 
glossum crispum, and other Orchids. 
George Downton was sent to Central America in 1871 for Orchids, and 
