﻿March, 1904.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



position just mentioned. It is not a good practice to wet the foliage, or to 

 keep the plants too wet at the roots, as if so, or if grown in a too cold, or 

 badly-ventilated house, the leaves decay from the apex downwards much 

 more than they would otherwise do. This species is a happy hunting 

 ground for thrip, but if tobacco powder is employed there is no difficulty, 

 and " dipping " is never required, which is productive of better cultivation, 

 as the plants when undergoing this latter operation are liable to be 

 shaken and broken in a greater or lesser degree. 



In the Warm house such plants as Aerides, Saccolabiums, Angracums, 

 &c, may be re-topdressed with fresh clear picked sphagnum moss, where 

 required, and any that are in need of re-potting may now have the necessary 

 attention. In the Cool house will be found many Odontoglossum crispum, 

 O. triumphans, O. luteo-purpureum, and O. Rossii, also various species of 

 Oncidium, in a state requiring a renewal of compost, and the present is a 

 most suitable time for this operation. 



THE LATE CONSUL LEHMANN. 



We may supplement our obituary notice of the late Consul F. C. Lehmann 

 (page 31) by a few particulars taken from the Gardeners' Chronicle for 

 February 13th (page 106). Mr. Lehmann was drowned on November 23rd 

 last, in the river Timbique, in Colombia, whilst crossing the river in a small 

 boat, to visit a gold mine in which he was interested. He was fifty-three 

 years of age at the time of his death. He was of humble parentage, and 

 received his education at the village school, though by his indomitable 

 energy and perseverance he gained a knowledge of several languages, 

 besides being a good botanist and a skilful draughtsman. After acting as 

 collector for Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. he, about twenty-five years ago, 

 settled at Popayan, and has ever since, until his death, been German 

 Consul there, a specially arduous duty in a country where political 

 disturbances are chronic. He married a lady belonging to one of the old 

 families of Colombia, Senora Maria Josefa de Mosquera, and devoted much 

 of his energies to the development of his estate, including the manage- 

 ment of the Timbique Gold Mines. Since his marriage he has only been 

 to Europe on tw-o or three occasions, the last being when he brought his 

 son, some ten years of age, to be educated at Berlin. 



An extract from a letter from Consul Lehmann, under date March 24th, 

 1903, published in the Kaiserliche Deutsches Konsalat de Popayan, gives some 

 idea of the man and his work :— " Orchid collecting and travelling have 

 been altogether hampered during the time of the Civil War. Officially it 

 has been pronounced ended over and over again, but while reading the 

 announcement, if you were favourably situated, you would still hear the 



