66 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Cypripedium spectabile is noted by Mr. Nicholson, in the Kew Bulletin 
for February, as one of the features of interest in the garden of Mr. H. H 
Hunnewell, of Wellesley, Mass. It thrives exceedingly in the bog garden, 
and a large mass of it has produced a considerable number of double-flowered 
stems. 
The good old Phaius grandifolius—a plant which has enjoyed over a 
century of uninterrupted existence in European gardens—is grown with the 
greatest success in the collection of T. W. Swinburne, Esq., Corndean Hall, 
Winchcombe, Cheltenham. Some of the many spikes are five feet high, and 
have remarkably fine flowers. One of them is curiously abnormal, and 
consists of only four segments. As far as can be made out, the dorsal sepal 
is absent, and a fragment of the lip is united with one of the petals. The 
column is imperfect, and the spur nearly suppressed. 
Mr. Swinburne has also over half a dozen plants of a hybrid between 
Cypripedium Lawrenceanum $:and Selenipedium x Sedeni J, which he 
hopes to flower soon.. This is interesting, as many people have tried: to 
cross the two genera together, without success. Messrs. Veitch, however, 
have a hybrid between C. barbatum and S. caudatum which ought to have 
flowered long ago, but it steadily refuses to do so. 
At the Great Horticultural Exhibition to beheld at Antwerp on May 
13th, 14th, and 15th next, in connection with the Exposition Universelle, 
Orchids will occupy a prominent place, and, among other prizes, twelve gold 
medals are offered, of the value of three hundred, two hundred, and one 
hundred francs. 
At the International Exhibitions to be held at Tourcoing on May roth, 
and at Lille on June 3rd, Orchids will also occupy a prominent place. 
The February number of Scribner’s Magazine contains an article entitled 
** Orchids,” by Mr. W. A. Styles, Editor of Garden and Forest. 
OBITUARY. 
WE regret to learn of the death of Mr. Frederick George Tautz, of Dibdin 
House, Ealing, which took place on February rst last, in his 49th year. 
The deceased gentleman was an enthusiastic Orchidist, and paid special 
attention to Cypripediums, the collection which he formed at Studley 
House, Hammersmith, which was dispersed a few years ago, being then 
one of the best in existence. In his new home he had again got together a 
considerable collection, including a large number of seedlings which have 
not yet flowered. His name is commemorated in Cypripedium x Taut- 
zianum, the beautiful hybrid raised by Messrs. Veitch from C. niveum and 
C. barbatum. 
