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That the Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Chairman of the 
R.H.S. Orchid Committee, and the Editor of the Orchid Review, be invited 
in the first place to act as Trustees, the latter also acting as Secretary and 
‘Editor. And (4), That any materials contributed for the work otherwise than 
by loan be. deposited in the National Herbarium at Kew for permanent 
preservation. 
The view of the donor (who wishes to remain anonymous) is to remove 
as far as possible the injustice caused by the arbitrary closing of the 
Reichenbachian Herbarium, and to establish a fund for the purpose of 
securing a scientific revision of the family. In view of the magnitude and 
difficulty of the task, he wishes to set up the simplest possible organisation, 
and he desires that the descriptions shall be as concise as possible, and that 
the work be not overburdened with references. He also suggests that under 
the circumstances Kew might be disposed to afford the necessary facilities, 
and he urges that the work be commenced at the earliest possible moment. 
In the event of the work being found impracticable, he desires that his 
donation be devoted to the cost of illustrating the Orchid Review, in recogni- 
tion of the gallant effort made to remedy Reichenbach’s outrageous act. 
We desire to support the larger work, and we commend it to the hearty 
support of our readers. 
| ise | OBITUARY. HEY 
A J. KEELING.—It is with much regret that we hear of the death, 
@ on September 13th last, of Mr. A. J. Keeling, The Grange Nurseries, 
Westgate Hill, Bradford, at the comparatively early age of 62 years. Mr. 
Keeling has been associated with Orchids from his boyhood, and was for. 
many years Orchid grower to the late D. O. Drewett, Esq., of Riding Mill- - 
on-Tyne, a keen amateur and raiser of Cypripediums, whose work has 
already been recorded (See O.R., xvili, p. 104). It was during this period 
that Cypripedium Juno (callosum X Fairrieanum) was raised, a plant which 
gained a First-class Certificate from the R.H-S., in February, 1892. Six 
years previously C. apiculatum (barbatum X Boxallii) had bloomed in the 
collection, and this we believe was Mr. Keeling’s first hybrid. Soon after 
the late Mr. J. Charlesworth took up the work of hybridising, Mr. Keeling 
went to Heaton to assist in the work. A few years later Mr. Keeling started 
in business for himself, and since 1903, when Mr. Keeling’s three sons were 
admitted, the business has been conducted under the name of A. J. Keeling 
& Sons. The work of hybridising has since been continued, and a great 
many seedlings have been disposed of, both in flower and in an unflowered 
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