. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. , with which firm hewas connected till 1S96. In 1S90 Mr. Lager was sent out by thefirm to collect native plants, notably eypri-pediums. of which, after much hunting, hewas successful in finding large quantitiesin the tamarack swamps around Sister Bay,in Wisconsin. Cypripedium spectabile grewhere in all its magnificence. From the tam-arack swamps of Wisconsin he was sentdown to the Florida swamps to collect sar-racenias, principally S. Drummondii. Returning from this trip in Au
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. , with which firm hewas connected till 1S96. In 1S90 Mr. Lager was sent out by thefirm to collect native plants, notably eypri-pediums. of which, after much hunting, hewas successful in finding large quantitiesin the tamarack swamps around Sister Bay,in Wisconsin. Cypripedium spectabile grewhere in all its magnificence. From the tam-arack swamps of Wisconsin he was sentdown to the Florida swamps to collect sar-racenias, principally S. Drummondii. Returning from this trip in August, he InJanuary of the following year started offfor an extensive tour in South America, tocollect orchids. For nearly three years heexplored certain parts of that continent, andsucceeded in finding several entirely newfields where orchids grew in great abund-ance. Large quantities were collected dur-ing that time, in fact the largest ever col-lected at one time by any one single firm,either in the United States or in that time he had an excellent oppor-tunity to familiarize himself with the geo-. JOHN E. LAGER. the man who takes his life in his hand andfaces all the dangers contingent upon a tourof discovery in often hostile and death-deal-ing territories, in an endeavor to bring toour homes some of Floras richest and choic-est treasures. To the latter class belongsthe subject of this weeks sketch, John , of the firm of Lager & Hurrell, or-chid importers and growers, now located atSummit, N. J., whose work in connectionwith the collection of orchids, and otherchoice plants, has from time to time comeunder the notice of our readers, through hisinteresting articles and essays that haveappeared in these columns. Mr. Lager was born in Sweden, in 1861,where he received a rigorous training inhorticulture, after which he went to Lon-don. England, and worked under ThomasWare, at his famous Tottenham nurseries,and at the Pineapple nurseries, at MaideVale, under
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