produced from the uncompleted bulb. This is matured soon after the flowering time 
is over. The plant requires a good season of rest, and during this period water 
should be withheld, only just sufficient being given to prevent the shrivelling of 
the bulbs. 
Cattleya Warneri is propagated in the same way as other Cattleyas, by the 
division of the rhizome; the best time to perform this operation is just as the 
plant is starting to grow. Our present subject was taken from a well-grown plant 
in the collection of Lady Piggott, Wexham Park, Slough, where, at the time of 
our visit, there was a nice collection of well-grown Orchids under the care of Mr. 
Capp, to whom great credit is due for the way in which they were cultivated. 
OsiTuARY.—It is with deep regret we have to record the death of Mr. Ropert 
Warner, at his residence, Widford Lodge, Chelmsford, on the 17th December, 1896, 
aged eighty-two. The deceased gentleman was well known in horticultural circles, 
and his collection of Orchids until recently, when the bulk of it was dispersed, 
was considered one of the finest and foremost in the United Kingdom. As an 
instance of his enthusiasm, we need only recall the fact of his sending, at great 
expense and risk, a valuable collection of Orchids to the International Horticultural 
Exhibition at St. Petersburg, in 1867. Mr. Warner had been one of the co-editors 
of the Orcurp Axsum from its beginning, and although in his declining years he 
ceased to take an active part in the editing, his interest in the work remained to 
the last; while his magnum opus, “ Select Orchidaceous Plants,” which he had the 
pleasure of completing, forms an important contribution to Orchid literature which 
will hand his name down to posterity, and be a lasting testimony to his skill and 
industry. 
