Makcji 24, ^&3r.J . Dm Tll.E 
GEORGE E KC-FLMAHH P^P £RS 
A$£ENT OF THE VOLCAN DE 
COLIMA. 
The nlra^^f Benedict Roezl is familiar to most 
readers of tn e^&irdeners’ Chronicle as belonging to 
one of the most Ima^pid, and, in some respects, one 
of the most successfuf^^plant collectors. We say 
“in some respects,” becaj^fe^man who has been 
“robbed of all his possessions se^n^en times” can¬ 
not be called successful without sonm^i|palificatory 
explanation. He certainly was successful in his dis¬ 
coveries, and in many of his importations of plants, 
which were collected over a vast stretch of country, 
from California to Peru. Some particulars of his life 
and travels will be found at p. 73, vol. ii. of the new 
