10 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, IgI2- 
insigne, Spicerianum, and Boxallii. The two former when intercrossed 
yielded C. Leeanum, and this with Boxallii gave C. Euryades, which again 
united with Leeanum produced the present hybrid. An analysis of parentage 
would give C. insigne and C. Spicerianum 3 each, and C. Boxallii}. It is 
a very beautiful acquisition, and shows well the rapid improvement which is 
being effected in these useful winter-flowering Orchids. 
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| OBITUARY. 
JAMEs Douctas, V.M.H.—It is with deep regret that we have to announce 
the sudden death, at the age of 74, of Mr. James Douglas, V.M.H., the well- 
known florist and nurseryman of Great Bookham, Surrey, which took place 
on November 24th, after an operation. Mr. Douglas was so well known as 
a florist that some of our readers may have scarcely known him as an 
Orchidist, but he has always taken a great interest in Orchids, and wasa 
highly successful grower and exhibitor at the metropolitan shows during the 
long period that he was gardener to F. Whitbourn, Esq., of Great Gearies, 
Ilford, and at a time when large specimens were popular. He also took up 
the work of hybridising Orchids, and continued it to the last, though chiefly 
as a hobby, and in this connection we recall his proving the parentage of 
Leliocattleya Gottoiana, having flowered seedlings in 1900 which he had 
raised from Cattleya Warneri 2? and Lelia tenebrosa ¢. It had originally 
appeared in 1891, in the collection of E. Gotto, Esq., The Logs, Hampstead 
Heath, when its origin was a mystery, though it was obviously a natural 
hybrid. Its history has been given in these pages (i. p. 338; vili. p. 358). 
He was also the raiser of the hybrids Cypripedium Charles Canham and 
C. Mrs. Canham, which flowered in 1887, the parentage being, respectively, 
C. superbiens X villosum and the reverse cross, also of Lelia Briseis (har- 
pophylla ? X purpurata 3), which flowered in 1897. We do not 
remember any special account of his work with Orchids, but he was a great 
admirer of them, and among the works of his fine horticultural library a 
complete set of the Orchid Review held an honoured place. For many years 
he was a member of the Council of the R.H.S., and on his retirement was 
awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour for his services to Horticulture. He 
was a member of the Floral and Scientific Committees up to the last. His 
numerous other activities, which do not come within the scope of this 
journal, have been fully dealt with in the horticultural press. He was 
interred at Leatherhead, on Wednesday, November 2g9th. 
Str JosEPpH DaLtton HOooker,, 0.M.—This distinguished botanist 
passed away at his residence at Sunningdale on December roth last, in his 
g5th year, and the world of science has lost one of its greatest ornaments. 
Born at Halesworth, Suffolk, on June 20th, 1817, and educated at Glasgow 
University, where his father, Sir William Hooker, was Regius Professor of 
