104 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [APRIL, I91@ 
OBITUARY. 
DREWETT O. DREWETT.—We regret to hear of the death of Mr. D. O: 
Drewett, of Willow Wood, Riding Mill, Northumberland, which took place- 
rather suddenly on March oth last. The deceased, who was 72 years of age, 
had resided at Riding Mill for about 36 years, and during the greater part 
of that time he has been a grower and hybridiser of Orchids, being chiefly 
interested in Cypripediums. His first hybrid flowered as long ago as 1886. 
This was C. X apiculatum, raised from C. barbatum Xx Boxallii. A year 
later appeared C. x pleistochlorum, from C. barbatum x virens. In 1888 
were added C. X caligare (Dayanum x venustum), and C. x pavoninum 
(Boxallii x venustum), and in 1889 C. X Beatrice (Boxallii x Lowii). Five- 
novelties were added in 18go, namely C. x Alfred (venustum X philippin- 
ense), C. ° Alice (Stonei x Spicerianum),; C. x Constance (Stonei xX 
Curtisii), C. x Elinor (x selligerum x superbiens), and C. x Northumbrian 
(x calophyllum x insigne). In 1891 appeared C. x Pallas (x calophyllum 
x callosum) and C. x Juno (callosum x Fairrieanum), the latter probably 
being Mr. Drewett’s best hybrid. A year later C. x Drewettii (Lowii x 
niveum) was recorded. In rgor we find records of C. x Bryan (tonsum X 
philippinense), C. x Ettyi (insigne X Godefroy), and C. xX Wilson: 
(Sanderianum x Argus), and in 1903 of C. X calypsoides (x Calypso x 
Rothschildianum). Of late years Mr. Drewett devoted himself to raising 
winter-flowering Cypripedes, particularly the best varieties of C. insigne, 
and by intercrossing them, produced several notable varieties, among the 
best being C. i. Aberdeen, Grand Monarque and James Renwick, the last 
named after his able gardener, who had long shared his enthusiasm. A 
portrait of Mr. Drewett appears in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for March 19th,. 
page IoI. 
_ DENDROBIUM DonNeEsi1a#.—The question of the status of this handsome- 
Dendrobium has again been raised. It was exhibited at a meeting of the: 
R. H.S. held on March 26th, 1895, by J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate, and 
received an Award of Merit, being recorded as a natural hybrid between D.. 
formosum and D. infundibulum (Gard. Chron., 1895, i. p. 402). The late 
Major-Gen. E. S. Berkeley shortly afterwards pointed out that this was impos- 
sible, as the two supposed parents do not grow together (O.R., iv. p. 167).. 
Soon after its original appearance a fine coloured plate was given in the 
Garden (1895, ii. p. 223, t. 1032, fig. 1), which clearly shows that the: 
plant is an exceptionally large variety of D. infundibulum, with a very 
broad lip, and we presume that it came out of an importation of that 
species. An interesting note on the distribution and variation of D.. 
formosum was given by Berkeley in the paper above mentioned.—R. A. R.. 
