252 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Nov.-DEc., 1917. 
WILLIAM MarsHaLL, V.M.H.—This veteran horticulturist passed away 
at his residence, Auchinraith, Bexley, on November 11th, a few days short of 
his eighty-second birthday. Although best known to the recent generation 
as a florist, and Chairman of the R.H.S. Floral Committee for upwards ofa 
quarter of a century, Mr. Marshall was in his earlier days a keen Orchidist, 
Fig. 29. THE Late Mr. WILLIAM MaRSHALL, V.M.H. 
and it was in his collection at Enfield that the beautiful Odontoglossum 
crispum flowered for the first time in cultivation, the plant receiving 4 
First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. on April 18th, 1865. “The 
achievement of producing the first flower of this most popular Orchid,” 
remarks the Gardeners’ Chronicle, « always stood out as one of the proudest 
in his career. He was particularly fond of a button-hole flower, and the 
‘white crispum ’ was always the favourite.” This predilection is showD in 
