342 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NovEMBER, 1913. 
Kalbreyeri, the former—now known as Ancistrochilus—being sent home 
alive. He then made several journeys to Colombia, sending home fine 
consignments of Odontoglossums, Masdevallias, Miltonia vexillaria, and 
many other Orchids. His engagement terminated in 1881. 
F. W. Burbidge collected in Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago in 1877 
and 1878, during which time he made the ascent of Mt. Kina Balu. His 
discoveries include Phalenopsis Marie, Cypripedium Lawrenceanum, 
Dendrobium Burbidgei, Bulbophyllum mandibulare and B. Leysenianum. 
The impressions of his journey are’ recorded in an interesting volume, 
entitled The Gardens of the Sun. 
Charles H. Curtis collected for the firm from 1878 to 1884, his first trip 
being to Mauritius and Madagascar, during which he discovered Angraecum 
hyaloides in the latter island. After that he explored Borneo, Sumatra, 
Java, and the Moluccas. His discoveries include Cypripedium Curtisii 
and tonsum, Coelogyne Dayana, Dendrobium Antelope and leucolophotum, 
Eria Curtisii, Phalenopsis maculata, Calanthe Curtisii, and other interesting 
things. 
David Burke collected for the firm from 1881 to 1897, and is said to 
have covered a greater portion of the earth’s service in search of plants 
than any other Veitchian collector, with the possible exception of the two 
brothers Lobb. He first went to Borneo with Curtis, then to British 
Guiana—where he discovered Zygopetalum Burkei and_ introduced 
Cypripedium Lindleyanum—twice to the Philippines for Phalznopsis, 
twice to New Guinea, once to Burma, three times to Colombia, and lastly 
to the Moluccas, where he died in 1897. His introductions include 
Coelogyne Veitchii, Cirrhopetalum robustum, and Phaius_ philippinensis. 
From these collectors importations of various well-known Orchids were 
constantly being received, also numerous other plants which are outside 
our scope. For the same reason we have omitted several collectors whose 
work scarcely touched Orchids, and among them the last very successful 
traveller, Mr. E. H. Wilson, who, however, introduced Cypripedium 
tibeticum and the pretty little Dendrobium bellatulum among his extensive 
introductions from China. 
The important work of hybridising Orchids initiated by Messrs Veitch, 
which has so completely altered the character of our collections, has already 
been mentioned, and after the retirement of Mr. Dominy, in 1880, the work 
was greatly extended by Mr. John Seden during the next fifteen years. 
Seden raised an enormous number of hybrids, commencing with 
Cypripedium Sedenii in 1873, the most important genera including 
Cypripedium, Lzliocattleya, Cattleya, Dendrobium, Lelia, Epidendrum, 
Phalznopsis, Masdevallia, Calanthe, Disa, Zygopetalum, Chysis, Sophro- 
cattleya, Phaiocalanthe, and various miscellaneous subjects. In 1889 the 
