48 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
commemorated in Lelia x Pilcheri, raised by Messrs. Veitch from L. — 
crispa and L. Perrinii, and which is said to have afterwards appeared as a 
wild hybrid. ; 
Sipney CooKe.—We regret to hear of the death, on January ist, of 
Mr. Sidney Cooke, gardener to De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, 
Sevenoaks, at the early age of 46, after an illness from rheumatic gout p 
and other complications of five weeks’ duration. He was a skilful Orchid 
grower, and had the care of the Rosefield collection since its commencement 
in 1881. He leaves a widow and five children to mourn his loss. 
Joun BacuLey.—Another well-known Orchid grower has passed away in 
the prime of life. Mr. J. Baguley died on January 2oth, after a short and 
painful illness, from pneumonia. The deceased was traveller and foreman 
for Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. of Heaton, Bradford, to whom his death — 
will be a great loss, for he had.an extensive knowledge of Orchids, and of 
the trade generally, and in his business capacity he was probably known to — 
most of our readers. He had previously been with Mr. Bull, of Chelsea. 
GUANO-WATER FOR ORCHIDS. 
THE question of manure for Orchids has frequently been discussed, but 4 
without arriving at any very definite opinion as to its value, and the — 
following note from the Journal of Horticulture (p. 47, with fig.) for January 
17th last, will probably be read with interest :— 
“A few days ago I called to see Mr. F. Pheby, gardener at Belmont, 
Otley, the residence of Thos. Duncan, Esq. I saw there three specimens 
of Cypripedium insigne well worthy of comment. I have great pleasure 
in sending you a photograph, taken by Mr. Duncan,’jun., of one plant — 
which carried thirty-six blooms ; the three plants carried about eighty-five. 
Remarkable to say, these plants have in no way been done up for a period 
of twelve years, and Mr. Pheby informs me that the three plants are each © 
about twenty years of age. The largest plant is growing in a ten-inch pot- 
The surface is one complete entanglement of roots, rising four or five inches : 
above the rims of the pots. I remarked about their healthy condition, — 
when I was informed that they were very liberally treated with guano- — 
water during their season of growth.—J. Snell, Farnley Gardens.” 
The specimen figured is very beautiful, and a picture of good health, 
and we should think that a system of culture that gives three dozen flowers 
in.a ten-inch pot leaves little to be desired. Terrestrial Orchids, at all events, 
obtain their food in precisely the same way as all ordinary plants, and when 
the compost is exhausted one must either re-pot or resort to feeding when — 
the plants are growing actively. The latter system has been adopted in — 
the present case, and seems to be justified by results. 
