The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . erted into charcoal;and the small shrubs and Vellozias which grew inthe exposed portion had been destroyed by fire. Theprogress of cultivation is proceeding so rapidly fortwenty miles around Rio, that many of the specieswhich still exist will, in the course of a few years,be completely annihilated, and the botanists of futuretimes who visit the country will look in vain for theplants collected by their predecessors. How truehave these words proved to the numerous personswho have sought for Cattleya la
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . erted into charcoal;and the small shrubs and Vellozias which grew inthe exposed portion had been destroyed by fire. Theprogress of cultivation is proceeding so rapidly fortwenty miles around Rio, that many of the specieswhich still exist will, in the course of a few years,be completely annihilated, and the botanists of futuretimes who visit the country will look in vain for theplants collected by their predecessors. How truehave these words proved to the numerous personswho have sought for Cattleya labiata, after its valuebecame fully recognised. A few plants, however, have in some unaccount-able way reached this country on at least two, andprobably three, occasions, though the number ofplants in cultivation has been so limited, that it hasinvariably commanded high prices. But it is oftenthe unexpected which happens, and its re-discoveryopens a new chapter in its history. The sale lastweek of a batch of 600 plants by Mr. Sander, at September -l>, 1891.] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 367.
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