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0. Plialcenopsis Marie, Sulu " Hill of Tears," cases. 



10. Aerides Burbidgei, rosy sp., dead trees, cases. 



11. Dendrobium cerinum, riverside route, K.B. 



12. „ Burbidgei, forests Sulu, K.B. 



13. Bulbopliyllum Lcysianum (Burb. MS.), Masdevallia 



like, K.B. 



14. mandibular e, route to K.B. 



15. Cryptocoryne caudata, Aroid, near streams, K.B. 

 1G. Gamogync Burbidgei, Aroid, near streams, K.B. 



17. Alocasia scabriuscula. 



18. i, guttata. 



19. ,, pumila. 



20. Piptospatha insignis, N. E. Brown, gen. nov. sp. nov. 



21. Burbidgea nitida, Hook f., Lawas R., N.W.B. 



22. Wormia Burbidgei. 



In conclusion, 1 may point out how much of plant collect- 

 ing for our gardens has really been done by our most enter- 

 prising nurserymen. Of course we do not forget the collectors 

 sent out many years ago from the Royal Gardens, Kew, nor 

 those who, like Fortune and Douglas, Parkes, Hartweg, and 

 others, were sent out by this Society in its earlier and more 

 prosperous days. Still, the fact remains that our nurserymen 

 have done most in the introduction of desirable garden vegeta- 

 tion. But I really think the Government should help us a little 

 in this matter, by giving berths and accommodation in the Navy 

 to accredited collectors in times of peace, and certainly no 

 scientific expedition leaving our shores can be considered com- 

 plete unless a good plant-collector is included on its staff. Fancy 

 an expedition like that of H.M.S. Challenger without anyone 

 specially qualified and authorised to send home seeds and living 

 plants from the out-of-the-way places visited ! If only one plant 

 had been introduced, viz. the giant Gunnera peltata of Juan 

 Fernandez, we should have felt well repaid. 



To show what has been effected in this way we have only to 

 remember the rich and interesting collections made by the late 

 John Gould Veitch, who had naval -facilities granted him when 

 he made his expedition to Japan and China in 1860, and to the 

 South Sea and Australia in 1864. Our Governments of to-day 

 stick fast to all the old pomp and glory of war, but the new warfare 

 is that of Science, and we have plenty of heroes and volunteers. 



