272 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [SEPrEMBER, IgI0. 
OBITUARY. 
H. A. Tracy.—We regret to hear of the death of Mr. Henry Amos Tracy, 
of the Orchid Nursery, Amyand Park Road, Twickenham, which took 
place on August 18th last, after a paralytic seizure, at the age of sixty 
years. Mr. Tracy had been in business at Twickenham for many years, 
and the Gardeners’ Chronicle describes him as ‘‘one of the first to import 
and offer at low prices Odontoglossum crispum and other popular Orchids, 
Lilium auratum and other Japanese plants, placing them within the reach 
of amateurs of small means.’” He had enjoyed good health until two or 
three years ago, when he had an attack which affected his sight and hearing. 
He appeared to be gradually recovering, and was present at the last 
meeting of the Orchid Committee of the R.H.S., of which he had been a 
member for some years. On Thursday evening, August 18th, at about 
7 o’clock, he was stricken with paralysis, and passed away about four hours 
later without recovering consciousness. During the many years he had 
been in business, many new and rare plants passed through his hands, one 
_of the most striking being Cymbidium Tracyanum, which was named after 
him. It appeared as a single plant among a lot of imported C. Lowianum, 
and was not recognised until it flowered. It received a First-class 
Certificate from the R.H.S. on December gth, 1890, and was afterwards 
sold by auction at Messrs. Protheroe and Morris’ rooms for 75 guineas, 
being purchased by the late Baron Schroder. His name is also 
commemorated in Cypripedium X Tracyanum,a hybrid from C. aureum 
x Leeanum giganteum, and Catasetum Tracyanum, a Peruvian species 
which was only exhibited a few weeks ago. The business will be carried 
-on under the management of Mr. Sydney Flory, a nephew, who has been 
associated with the firm since boyhood. 
James McBEAn.—The death of Mr. James McBean, senior partner of 
the firm of Messrs. J. and A. A. McBean, of Cooksbridge, near ewes, took 
place on Sunday, August 21st, after a long period of failing health. The 
deceased was born on October 22nd, 1840, and many years ago founded the 
Nursery at Cooksbridge, where for a long period the culture of Odonto- 
glossum crispum for the supply of cut blooms has been carried on with great 
success, the plant becoming quite a speciality of the firm. The white forms 
of Laelia anceps and various other Orchids were also very successfully 
_grown, and of late years the raising of seedling Odontoglossums and other 
Orchids, has been taken up very successfully. For some years Mr. McBean 
has suffered from heart trouble, and after taking his son, Mr. A. A. McBean, 
who had long been associated with him in the work, into partnership, he 
relinquished the management, and on Sunday, August 21st, he passed 
peacefully away in his sleep, in his seventieth year. 
