124 THE ORCHID REVIEW. {APRIL, 1906. 
are Dendrobium nobile and the three species of Phalanopsis mentioned, 
but the importations should be watched, and the insects destroyed before 
they have a chance to establish themselves. F. Denis. 
Balaruc les Bains. 
OBITUARY. 
Count Kercuove.—It is with great regret that we hear of the death of 
the well-known and highly-esteemed President of the Société Royale 
d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Comte Oswald de Kerchove de 
Denterghem, which took place on March 2oth last, after an illness of about 
three weeks duration. A sympathetic notice appears in the Gardeners 
Chronicle. The deceased gentleman was well-known to Orchidists through 
his writings, including his well-known work, Le Livres de Orchidées, — 
published in 1894, and reviewed at pp. 267, 268, of our second volume—and 
also in connection with the Ghent Quinquennial Shows, over which he 
presided with such conspicuous ability. He was born on April 1st, 1844, 
and thus was in his 62nd year. 
: H. M. Potretr.—Another well-known Orchidist passed away om 
~ March zoth, in the person of Mr. H. M. Pollett, who died at his residence, 
Fernside, Buckley, in his 78th year. Mr. Pollett was for a long period an 
enthusiastic cultivator of Orchids, though his collection was for the most 
part disposed of in 1891 and 1893, the sale catalogues being illustrated by a 
Series of coloured plates (see O.R., ii. pp. 201, 204). As recently as last 
year he was a member of the R.H.S. Orchid Committee. He was well 
known as a printer of horticultural catalogues and other documents. His 
name is 1 in Odontogl Oncidium, and Cypripedium, all 
of which include hybrids under the specific name of Pollettianum. 
UNUSUAL FLOWERING OF CCELOGYNE CRISTATA. 
A cuRIOUS circumstance is recorded by Mr. Fred. Crittenden in a recent 
issue of the Gardeners’ Chronicle. He remarks:—‘‘1 have just had the 
opportunity of seeing a fine plant of Ccelogyne cristata, and another of 
€. cristata var. Lemoniana, cultivated at Broomfield Lodge, Chelmsford, by 
Mr. Pragnell, which are now in magnificent flower for the third timé within 
thirteen months. The plants, which were originally in the possession of 
Mr. Warner, haye been grown at the cool end of a stove for some yea! 
being removed to the house when in flower and kept slightly dry for a short 
time of rest. Last March they bloomed profusely, again in the autumn 
last year, and are now a third time covered with fine flowers.” The wilt 
concludes by asking if any one else has noted a similar occurrence, and 
so under what conditions ? 
