314 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [| OcTOBER, 1906. 
Bateman, Esq., of Knypersley, and which had been introduced by Messrs. 
Loddiges from Rio de Janeiro. Four years previously a plant which had 
been introduced from Trinidad, by Sir R. Woodford, was figured by Messrs. 
Loddiges, under the name of Ceratochilus grandiflorus, which subsequently 
became Stanhopea grandiflora, Lindl., though it is now regarded as a form 
of the same species, which is widely diffused, having been collected in 
Trinidad, British Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. 
All the species are of easy culture, succeeding in a moderately shady 
position in the Cattleya or East Indian house, in a mixture of fibrous peat 
and sphagnum moss. They require plenty of water during the erowing 
season, alter which the supply should be gradually reduced, so as to give 
them a good rest during the winter. Strong, well-grown plants are remark- 
ably floriferous. 
OBITUARY. 
G. W. Law-ScHorletp.— We much regret to hear of the death of 
this enthusiastic and highly esteemed Orchidist, which took place at his 
residence, New Hall Hey, Rawtenstall, near Manchester, on September 
Ist. For many years he has been one of the leading growers of the 
Manchester district, and as long ago as 1882 Cattleya Schofieldiana was 
named in his honour, by Reichenbach (Gard. Chron., 1882, 1. p- 808). It 
flowered in his collection in October of that year, and is now considered 
to be a spotted form of C. granulosa. The deceased has been in declining 
health for two or three years, and some time ago he described his recovery 
from a former attack as almost a miracle. Many fine things from his 
collection have appeared at meetings of the R.H.S., in London, and he 
was a member of the Orchid Committee of that body as late as 1903- He 
took part in the organisation of the Manchester and North of England 
Orchid Society, on April 23rd, 1894, and was a member of the Committee 
from the commencement, and took the greatest interest in it up to the last. 
_ At his funeral, on Wednesday, September 5th, a beautiful floral cross W4* 
sent by the members; made of Orchid flowers from their own collections; 
the Society being also officially represented by the Chairman and Secretary: 
He also took a great interest in the Orchid Review, of which he has been # 
supporter from the commencement, and only last June the handsome 
Odontoglossum crispum var. G. W. Law-Schofield was illustrated (P- 184) 
from his collection. Another beautiful plant which bears his name IS 
Cypripedium x Schofieldianum, a hybrid from C. bellatulum % and - 
hirsutissumum J, which received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S- . 
April 21st, 1896, and was illustrated in the Fournal of Horticulture (1896, 1 
p- Tot, fig. 19). 
