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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[Auf^ust, 
1913- 
was lost. Although fairly successful with 
many plants, he does not appear to have done 
much with Orchids. 
Guillermo Kalbreyer left England in 1876 
for the West Coast of Africa m search of 
tropical plants. In July, 1877, he returned 
to England, bringnig a collection of plants 
which mcluded two new Orchids: — Brachy- 
corythis Kalbreyeri, a terrestrial species, 
named by Reichenbach in compliment to the 
discoverer, and Pachystoma Thomsoniana, an 
epiphyte, named, at Kalbreyer's request, in 
honour of the Rev. George Thomson, a 
missionary m that unhealthy district. His 
next journey was to Colombia, his principal 
plants being Odontoglossum Pescatorei and 
O. triumphans. In July, 1878, he again 
visited Colombia, and sent home some 
extraordinary forms of Odontoglossum 
Pescatorei, including O. Pescatorei Veitchii, 
and O. triumphans, O. tripudians, O. hastila- 
bium, O. coronarium, O. crocidipterum and 
O. blandum, the latter a very difficult species 
to import alive. Kalbreyer returned to 
England with a large and choice collection 
of Orchids. In September, 1879, he com- 
menced his fourth journey to Colombia, this 
time travelling clown the River Magdalena 
to the Central and Western Cordillera. It 
was here that he found the wonderful 
Anthurianum Veitchii, with leaves over six 
feet in length, climbing trees more than 
60 feet in height. Orchids were again 
collected, and included Odontoglossum. 
ramosissimum, O. sceptrum, Miltonia vexil- 
laria, Cattleya aurea, C. Warscewiczii, 
Cypripedium Roezlii, C. Schlimii alba, and 
several interesting Masdevallias. Several 
consignments of these were sent to Chelsea, 
and in September, 1880, Kalbreyer returned 
to England, bringing with him many living 
plants and a great collection of dried Ferns, 
comprising some 360 species, of which 18 
were new to science. His last journey for 
Messrs. Veitch was commenced in December, 
1880, when he once again visited Colombia. 
Odontoglossum crispum was mainly collected, 
the plants being brought to England in June 
of the same year. Not content with this 
country he decided to finish his days in 
Colombia, so once again he crossed the ocean, 
and arriving at Bogota started business as 
an Orchid exporter. His death took place 
in the autumn of igi2. 
Christopher Mudd, son of a former curator 
of the Cambridge Botanic Gardens, went on 
an expedition to South Africa in 1877. The 
mission was practically a failure, and Mudd 
eventually settled in New Zealand. 
F. W. Burbidge started for Borneo in 1877, 
his special object being the introduction of 
certain Pitcher Plants known to inhabit that 
island. His Orchids included Phalaenopsis 
Mari^, Dendrobium Burbidgei, and Aerides 
Burbidgei, all rare. On his return from 
Borneo in 1879, Burbidge was appointed 
curator of the Botanical Gardens at Trinity 
College, Dublin. His death took place at 
Dublin, December 24th, 1905. 
Charles Maries was engaged during the 
years 1877- 1879 ^ collector in Japan and 
China. He does not appear to have had 
any connection with Orchids. 
Charles Curtis, collector in Madagascar, 
Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and the Moluccas, 
1 878- 1 884. His first trip was to Mauritius 
and Madagascar, where he collected several 
interesting" Orchids. On the trip to Borneo 
Curtis was accompanied by David Burke, 
who returned with the collection made in 
Sarawak. The plants brought home by him 
included Cypripedium Stonei, C. Lowii, and 
many Vandas. Curtis next proceeded to 
Pontianak in Dutch Borneo, with the object 
of acquiring a consignment of Phalaenopsis 
violacea, then very rare. On the termination 
of his engagement in 1884, Curtis was 
appointed Superintendent of the Botanic 
Gardens at Penang, from which he retired 
in December, 1903. In commemoration of 
his services to botany, Cypripedium Curtisii 
bears his name. 
David Burke was born in Kent, 1854, and 
after entering the employ of Messrs. Veitch 
was sent on a trial trip to Borneo with Curtis. 
His next mission was to British Guiana, 
in 1881, where he gathered the rare 
Zygopetalum Burkei. Subsequent journeys 
included two to the Philippine Islands for 
Phalaenopsis, two to New Guinea, and one, 
