‘8 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JANUARY, 1914. 
covered the period of the Mutiny. He was a member of Parliament from 
1875 to 1892, first for Mid-Surrey and afterwards for Reigate. 
Sir Trevor, who had long been a member of the Council, was elected 
President of the Royal Horticultural Society in February, 1885, on the 
retirement of Lord Aberdare, and ably presided over the deliberations of 
the Orchid Conference in the following May. He piloted the Society 
through some of its stormiest days, and had the satisfaction of seeing it 
grow until its fellowship reached over 13,000. Sir Trevor, to whom the 
fellows owes a debt of gratitude, retired from the Presidency in March last, 
“when advancing years and enfeebled’ health were ‘telling upon him. He 
“was succeeded by Field Marshal the Right. Hon. Lord Grenfell. | 
Always a profound lover of gardens and gardening, Sir Trevor was 
specially a lover of Orchids, a taste inherited from his mother, Mrs. 
Lawrence, of Ealing Park, who was one of the most successful Orchid 
growers of her day. Indeed Sir Trevor may be said to have grown up 
among Orchids. He~ possessed an intimate knowledge of © their 
characteristics and culture, and his collection was one of the finest in 
existence, comprising, it is estimated, some three thousand species, 
varieties, and hybrids. Several accounts of it have been given in our 
pages, and it may be added that his portrait was given at page 49 of our 
nineteenth volume, and that the previous volume was dedicated to him. 
‘Several noteworthy Orchids have been named after Sir Trevor, 
‘including Cypripedium Lawrenceanum—dedicated to him by Reichenbach 
“as eatly as 1878—Cattleya Lawrenceana, Mormodes Lawrenceanum, and 
‘the remarkable genus Trevoria, figured at page 297 of our eighteenth 
‘volume, where its history may be found. His memory willalso be preserved 
“by the Lawrence Medal, instituted in his honour, and by a fine painting 
which hangs in the Council Chamber of the Royal Horticultural Hall. 
Sir Trevor leaves a widow, three sons, and one daughter, to whom we 
tender our deepest sympathy. The’ funeral took place at St. Michael’s, 
-Mickleham, on Saturday, December 27th, among those present being Lady 
Lawrence, Sir William Lawrence, Bart., and his wife, and other members 
of the family, Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Lt.-Col. Sir David Prain, Sir 
Albert K. Rollitt, Prof. W. Bateson, and many others. By special request 
‘no floral offerings were sent,-and the only emblem on the coffin was a 
‘tasteful cross of Calanthes, Epiphyllums, and white Lapageria made by 
Lady Lawrence. A Memorial Service was held at Holy Trinity Church, 
Kensington Gore, on the same day, when the Council of the Royal 
Horticultural Society was represented by Baron Bruno Schréder, Sir 
George L. Holford, Sir Harry J. Veitch, Sir Daniel Morris, Messrs. W. A. 
Bilney, E. A. Bowles, H. B. May, Arthur W. Sutton, and the Rev. W. 
Wilks, Secretary, with many other horticultural friends. 
