﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[May, 1904. 



leaf-soil to the extent of one-third, and there is no reason why better 

 results should not be obtainable in more favourable situations." 



In connection with the very interesting report on Leaf-mould for 

 Orchids, by J. Wilson Potter, Esq., of Croydon, published at pp. 106- 

 110 of our last issue, we received a fine series of photographs showing 

 the actual results obtained by the use of the compost described. A notice 

 of these had to be deferred, but we can now say that they afford a striking 

 illustration of the excellence of the treatment. The photographs represent 

 the following species : — Cattleya Mendelii, C. Percivaliana (two), C. Trianae 

 (two), Laelia acuminata alba, L. anceps, L. purpurata (two), L. tenebrosa, 

 Laelio-cattleya X elegans, Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, and Odontoglossum 

 carniferum. The plants are strong and healthy, and the growths show 

 remarkable vigour. One plant of Cattleya Trinae shows three flowering 

 growths, and Mr. Potter remarks that as soon as one growth finished up 

 in the autumn a second began to push, and all three flowered in March, 

 1004, producing two flowers each. The plant is remarkably sturdy. The 

 same may be said of Laelia purpurata, L. anceps, Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, 

 and Odontoglossum carniferum, while the photographs of Cattleya Perci- 

 valiana also quite bear out what Mr. Potter stated about them last month. 

 It is, however, invidious to particularise, for all are excellent testimonials to 

 the virtues of the compost. 



OBITUARY. 



Edwin Hill.— The Orchid Committee of the R.H.S. has just lost a highly- 

 respected member, in the person of Mr. Edwin Hill, gardener to the Right 

 Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park, who died at St. Bartholomew's 

 Hospital on Wednesday morning, April 13th, after an operation for an 

 internal malady on the previous afternoon. Mr. Hill was an excellent 

 all-round gardener, and the condition of the Orchids at Tring Park is well 

 known, Phalaenopsis especially being cultivated there with great success, so 

 much so that Messrs. Veitch in their Manual of Orchidaceous Plants remark 

 (vii., p. 19) : — "The most prominent instance of the successful cultivation 

 of these plants is well known to us at Tring Park, the seat of the Right 

 Hon. Lord Rothschild." And after describing the house and the method 

 of treatment they remark that many of the plants have been cultivated for 

 ten years, and have not only flowered in a satisfactory manner, but have 

 greatly increased in size. This was thirteen years ago, and the plants still 

 remain in thriving condition. Mr. Hill remained in harness up to the last, 

 though for some time he had been in failing health. He will be succeeded 

 by Mr. Dyer. 



