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rather hopes that his excellent work in this direction will not be lost. We 
may conclude with a tribute to Mr. Charlesworth from a brother hybridist, 
Mr. A. McBean: ‘“ His productions have given so much pleasure to so 
many people that I believe all Orchidists will agree ungrudgingly that we 
have lost the greatest Orchid hybridist in the world, and one whose example 
as a persistent and patient worker may well be followed. Early in his 
career Mr. Charlesworth realised, not only the necessity of producing 
hybrids as a race of plants better fitted to our climate, but for the vast future 
they would open. His fertile mind was ever alert, and he was engaged in 
producing Orchids that would prove amenable in almost every clime, and in 
this matter he was so enthusiastic that his inspiration will not soon lose its 
effect on those privileged to know him. . . - Mr. Charlesworth’s name 
will remain so long as Orchids are cultivated.’’ 
_ Mr. Charlesworth was laid to rest in Haywards Heath Cemetery on 
Thursday, August 5th, when many beautiful Orchid and other wreaths were 
sent, and among those present, beside the immediate relatives, were Messrs. 
J. M. Black, D. A. Cowan, A. G. Ellwood, A. McBean, R. A. Rolfe, 
F. K. Sander, H. H. Smith, and G. Wilson. 
LISSOCHILUS sPEciosus, RK. Br.—It is interesting to record that this 
handsome yellow Lissochilus, the original species of the genus, has again 
appeared in cultivation, flowers having been sent for determination from the 
collection of W. R. Lysaght, Esq., Castleford, Chepstow, by Mr. T. W. 
Briscoe. It was originally introduced to cultivation by Mr. Griffin, of 
South Lambeth, with whom it flowered as long ago as 1821, when it was 
figured under the above name (Lindl. Coll. Bot., t. Si; Bot. Kee.; 1. §73)- 
It had originally been discovered in South Africa by Thunberg, and 
described from dried specimens in 1781, under the name of Satyrium 
giganteum, L. fil. (Suppl. Pl., P- 402). As it was clearly not a Satyrium, 
this year has produced a spike of seven feet in height, and about forty 
the sepals light green, the petals bright yellow, and the side lobes of the lip 
are suffused with purple. The re-appearance of the species in cultivation is 
_ Interesting. R. A. ROLFE. 
