MARCH-APRIL, 1919.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 67 
Colman, Bart., read a letter, dated October 26th, 1918, from Madame Jules 
Hye de Crom, thanking the Committee for the letter of condolence sent on 
February 11th, 1915, which she had only then received, all letters having 
been detained by the Germans. Madame Hye remarked on the pleasure 
taken by her late husband in visiting and taking part in the exhibitions of 
the Royal Horticultural Society. After considerable difficulty with the 
enemy, which affected his nervous temperament, the end came suddenly 
from heart trouble. It is probable that the collection of Orchids 
_ will be disposed of. 
MEssAGE TO BELGIAN HorTICULTURISTS.—At the meeting of the 
R.H.S. Orchid Committee, held on March 11th, the following resolution 
was passed, on the motion of Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart.: ‘We, the 
Chairman and Members of the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, wish to convey greetings and good wishes to our friends in Belgium 
upon the determination of the cruel War, and to assure them of our heartfelt 
sympathy with their country’s sufferings so nobly borne, and our admiration 
of King Albert, Queen Elisabeth, and their countrymen in their sacrifice for 
right against might. We deplore personal losses caused by the War, and 
express the hope that the Orchid Collections of Belgium may be restored 
speedily to their former greatness.” Sir Harry J. Veitch undertook to 
forward the resolution to the recognised Horticultural Centres in 
Belgium: 
Another part of the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society has just 
appeared, containing articles ona wide range of subjects, though Orchidology 
is limited to the Report of the Orchid Committee for the last half of 1918, 
and a few Notes and Abstracts. In the latter we find notes on two Botanical 
Magazine figures, on Orchids in the Open, and on Cymbidium ensifolium, the 
latter said to be grown extensively in China, and to be regardedas the Queen 
of flowers. The Orchid Review is again ignored, which is not for want of 
materials nor yet of the Journal itself, for we have regularly presented it to 
the Society for twenty-six years, and we find it regularly included in the 
List of Works from which it is alleged that abstracts are made. 
The current issue of the Journal of the Kew Guild contains numerous 
letters and records of the doings of Kewites throughout the world. Under 
the heading of “ Four years in Germany”’ is an account, by Mr. Guy Neville, 
of his experiences at the British Prisoners of war Camp at Ruhleben, and 
M. Louis Gentil writes of the Brussels Botanic Garden, remarking that it 
would fill several copies of the Journal to recall all the mischief done by the 
Gérman occupation. Seven houses had to be emptied on account of shartage 
of coal, and the general collection of plants has been considerably reduced. 
