AUGUST, IgI1.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 24% 
SIR F K W. MOORE, M.A., V.M.H. 
OUR readers will learn with pleasure that His Majesty the King, during his 
recent visit to Ireland, conferred the honour of knighthood on Mr. F. W. 
Moore, M.A., V.M.H., Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin. 
The intelligence will be received with general enthusiasm, not only as an 
honour to horticulture, but for the great esteem in which Sir Frederick is 
universally held. In November, 1909, the Royal University of Ireland 
conferred on him the degree of M.A., Honoris Causa, in consideration of his 
high scientific position, and of the valuable assistance he has given to the 
Fig..27. Sir F. W. Moore, M.A., V.M.H. 
University for many years in connection with its practical examinations. 
For years he has also been actively engaged under the Irish Board of 
Agriculture in the promotion of high-class fruit and vegetable culture among 
the farmers of Ireland, and his. energy and enthusiasm are widely known 
and appreciated. As an enthusiastic and highly successful Orchid grower 
Sir Frederick’s name is familiar to our readers, and we are not sure that 
the richest collection of Orchids in the three kingdoms is not the one under 
his charge at Glasnevin. He has been collecting for years, and nothing in 
