94 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [May-JuNE, 1920. 
oS be! 
UGUSTIN ANDRE PEETERS.—We much regret to hear of the death 
of this highly-esteemed and successful Orchidist, head of the firm of 
MM. A. A. Peeters et Cie, Laeken, Brussels, which took place suddenly on 
March 25th, in his eighty-sixth year. For many years the firm has specialised 
extensively in Orchids, and has occupied a leading place among continental 
Orchid growers, and previously M. Peeters was a successful grower of 
Azaleas, Roses, and other plants. In April, 1898, at Ghent, he was unanim- 
ously awarded the first prize for the best one hundred Orchids, to be judged 
purely from a horticultural standpoint, while five years later he gained the 
Gold Medal offered by H.M. the King of the Belgians for the best and most 
varied collection—a magnificent group which is illustrated at p. 145 of our 
eleventh volume, this group also receiving a Gold Medal from the Royal 
Horticultural Society. He also obtained the prize for the best collection 
of hybrids at the same meeting. At this time the establishment was situated 
at St. Gilles, but later it was removed to an improved site at Laeken, where 
a block of twenty-seven houses were erected on the latest principles. 
Accounts of both establishments have appeared in our pages (xi. pp. 129- 
132; Xxi. pp. 267-269). M. Peeters was for many years Vice-Chairman of 
the Belgian Council of Horticulture, and was also the recipient of many 
honours. His name is commemorated in the remarkable Eulophiella 
Peetersiana, the handsome Cattleya Peetersii, a hybrid between C. Hardy- 
ana and C. labiata, and other plants. 
OBITUARY. 
PHOLIDOTA CONVALLAKIZ, Hook. f.—This interesting Orchid has just 
flowered in the collection of Lt.-Gen. Sir Arthur G. F. Browne, Woodside, 
Lower Bourne, Farnham, a specimen having been sent for identification. 
The species was originally described under the name of Ccelogyne 
Convallaria, Rchb. f. (Flora, 1872, p. 277), froma plant which flowered at 
Kew in April, 1867, and which is - believed to have been sent home 
by the Rev. C. Parish, from Moulmein. According to him, it occurs upon 
mountains there at 4,000-5,000 feet altitude. It has also been collected in 
the Khasia Hills, at Kohima in the Naga Hills, and at Lushai, Assam, at 
somewhat similar altitudes. The plant bears oblong pseudobulbs, with a 
pair of elongated leaves, some 8 or g inches long, and compact spikes of white 
flowers, about as large as lily of the valley. Sir Arthur Browne has a 
house of quite various Orchids, mostly sent by friends from different parts 
of the world, and he remarks that they succeed very well. This he 
attributes largely to a personal acquaintance with the plants and their 
