APRIL, 1916.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 95 
The collection has long been under the care of Mr. J. Davis, an 
experienced and able grower, and under its new and improved conditions,. 
with the greater attention that is being paid to hybridisation, it is rapidly 
increasing in interest, for there are many seedlings from promising crosses 
which are steadily progressing towards the flowering stage, and a number of 
seed pods observed show that the work is being carried on with enthusiasm. 
We congratulate Mr. Gurney Fowler on the condition of his fine collection, 
which augurs well for an increased measure of success in the future. 
Ban OBITUARY. [Aes 
LIZABETH LADY LAWRENCE.—We regret to hear of the death, 
in London, on March 18th, of Elizabeth Lady Lawrence, widow of 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., late President of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. Lady Lawrence shared her husband’s love for Orchids, and since- 
his death, in December, 1913, has maintained the fine collection at Burford,. 
Dorking, a considerable number, however of the species of special botanical 
interest having been presented to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, by Sir 
Trevor’s wish (see O.R., xxii. p. 176). We may recall that at the last 
Holland House Show Lady Lawrence exhibited an inflorescence of the 
remarkable Cypripedium Stonei platyteenium, when its history was given 
very fully (C.R., xxiii. p. 250), and in February last an inflorescence of the 
fine Eulophiella Peetersiana was also exhibited. Soon afterwards the 
‘unique plant of Warscewiczella amazonica also flowered-at Burford, and its. 
history is given at page 104. The funeral took place at St. Michael’s. 
Church, Mickleham, on March aztst. 
OponToGLossum LEANDER II.—A magnificent flower of Odontoglossum 
‘Leander IE. is sent from the collection of Sir John Edwards-Moss, Roby 
Hall, Torquay, through Messrs. Sander & Sons, one of the most beautiful 
that we have yet seen. The segments are very broad, slightly recurved’ 
and very prettily crisped, and the flower measures 3% inches from tip to tip 
of the petals. The colour may be described as a rich ruby-claret, with a 
Narrow whitish margin and a few irregular narrow streaks, which in the 
petals take the form of an irregular zone about + inch within the margin. 
On the broad, well-shaped lip occurs a broader zone of white, well within 
the margin, and here the colour takes the form of numerous nearly 
confluent spots. It isa very brilliant acquisition. There is, unfortunately, 
no record of parentage, and although we suspect it to be a form of some 
existing hybrid, we have not yet been able to locate it among the numerous. 
combinations with O. crispum. 
