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nursery stock of Messrs. John Weeks & Co., King's Road, Chelsea, but 

 previously he had been traveller for Messrs. Rollisson & Son, and then for 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson. His Establishment for New and Rare Plants 

 soon became famous for the constant succession of novelties which were 

 sent out from it. His first list contained a number of rare and interesting: 

 Orchids, of which Cattleya amethystoglossa was mentioned as a fine 

 novelty, and offered at the price of five and ten guineas, other fine things 

 being Lycaste Skinned alba, Trichopilia crispa, Aerides affine niveum, A. 

 Warneri, Saccolabium curvifolium, Phalsenopses, Cypripediums, Ancecto- 

 chili, &c. Orchids and Warm-house flowering and ornamental-leaved 

 plants were the principal objects of his business. The former were 

 favourites with him, his knowledge of them being extensive, and his annual 

 exhibition was for years a great centre of attraction. An account of one of 

 these exhibitions may be found in our second volume (pp. 213-214). 

 About the year 1880 Mr. Bull sent out Mr. E. Shuttleworth and Mr. J. 

 Carder in search of Orchids and other plants, as a result of which a good 

 many interesting things were introduced, two of those which occur to us 

 being Oncidium tetracopis and O. cryptocopis, allies of O. macranthum. 

 His success was largely due to his energy and business acumen, whatever 

 he undertook being carried out thoroughly. Of late years he had turned 

 his attention to Orchid hybridising, though the results for the most part 

 have yet to be seen, this being a work in which a good deal of patience is 

 necessary. His death creates a vacancy in the ranks of the Victoria 

 Medallists of Horticulture. 



H. H. Hunne well.— This well-known gentleman passed away at his 

 residence, Wellesley, Mass., on May 20th, aftera long illness, at the mature 

 age of 92 years. He was a liberal patron of horticulture, and his garden 

 was one of the most famous in the United States, including fine 

 collections of Orchids, Rhododendrons, Coniferse, &c, all of which were 

 great favourites with him. He was one of the leading exhibitors of Orchids 

 at the meeting of the new Horticultural Hall, at Boston, Mass., in July, 

 1901, when the unique idea of arranging the exhibits systematically, 

 irrespective of ownership, was carried out, some six-hundred specimens 

 being arranged in their respective genera, with only a special mark for their 

 subsequent identification. He had been a member of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society for fifty years, and a member of Harvard University, 

 who had conferred upon him the honorary degree of M.A., in recognition of 

 his scholarly proclivities and his many public services. He is commemorated 

 by the pretty little Odontoglossum Hunnewellianum (Rolfe), which was 

 named after him in 1880. 



