SEPTEMBER, 1915.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 281 
lees OBITUARY: beers 
OUIS FORGET.—We deeply regret to learn, from Messrs. Sander & 
Sons, St. Albans, of the death of their collector, M. Louis Forget, 
which took place on August roth, in Hospital at Rennes, France, from an 
affection of the heart. The sad news came quite unexpectedly, as Messrs. 
Sander had no idea that he was seriously ill; in fact he was expecting to 
return to England, after having spent some months in France. 
M. Forget had a long experience in the exploration of South and Central 
America, as his journeys extended over almost the whole district from 
Fig, 37. M. Louts ForGET 
Urugnay to Mexico, wherever there was the: likelihood of finding. Orchids 
or other interesting plants. Since his first journey to Brazil in 1891, 
Forget has been constantly engaged in the work, having only ferarsed to 
Europe at rare intervals for a few months at a time. His first journey was 
to the Pernambuco district of Brazil to collect the recently-discovered—or 
re-discovered—Cattleya labiata, and thanks to his energy and persistent 
efforts he was able to send in that year and later on large importation 
from what were then unexplored districts. It was at this time that he 
discovered Cattleya Victoria-Regina, which, as he himself informed us, 
appeared in the first lot of C. Leopoldii pernambucensis from Bonconcelho, 
