ORCHID WORLD. 
JUNE. 1913. 
NOTES. 
Royal Horticultural Society. — The 
Society's Summer Show will be held at 
Holland House, Kensington, July ist, 2nd 
and 3rd. The Orchid Committee will 
assemble at 10.30 a.m. The Exhibition will 
be open to Fellows at 12 noon, and to the 
puVjlic at 2 p.m. 
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Theft of Pollen. — Valuable pollen still 
attracts the hands of evildoers. The 
promismg Miltonia seedling between vexillaiia 
G. D. Owen and vexillaria chelseaensis, 
exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth at the 
recent Ghent Show, was the subject of 
attack. On the second day of the Exhibition 
it was cliscovered that someone, by means ot 
a knife, had removed the flower spike from 
this plant, and thereby secured the pollen. 
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Manchester Orchid Society. — At the 
Annual Meeting, May ist, 191 3, Mr. R. 
Ashworth was appointed President and 
Treasurer of the Society, with the Rev. J. 
Crombleholme, Chairman, Mr. Z. A. Ward, 
Vice-Chairman, Mr. H. Thorp, Hon. Auditor, 
and Mr. H. Arthur, Secretary. A Committee 
was appointed, and the Prizes were presented 
to the successful exhibitors as follows: — S. 
Gratrix's Cup, E. H. Davidson's Cup, and the 
Cypher Gold Medal to Mr. Z. A. Ward; 
Z. A. Ward's Gold Medal to Col. J. Ruther- 
ford, M.P. ; O. O. Wrigle\-'s Gold Medal to 
Mr. A. Warburton ; Sander Prizes to Mr. 
VOL. III. 
Lupton (gr. to Col. Rutherford), Mr. Marshall 
(gr. to Rev. J. Crombleholme), equal Firsts ; 
and Mr. Weatherby (gr. to Mr. Z. A. Ward), 
Third ; the Society's Gold Medal (for 
amateurs without gardener) to Mr. H. Arthur, 
and Silver-gilt Medal to Mr. F. A. Hindley ; 
a Gold Medal and Prize to gardener (given 
by a member of the Society) was presented 
to Mr. R. Ashworth for meritorious exhibits 
during the session. 
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Odontioda Vuylsteke.e floribunda. 
— At the Ghent Show, April last, Messrs. Th. 
Pauwels and Co. exhibited Odontioda 
Vuyistekeas floribunda carrying a pyramidical 
branching spike of no less than 232 flowers. 
Although some experts thought the plant 
may have arisen from a second crossing of 
Vuylstekeae with Pescatorei, and thus 
increased the number of blooms, we doubt 
if such a large number on one spike has been 
previously recorded. Specimens such as 
these have a truly beautiful and decorative 
effect. 
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Gift of Orchids. — The residence and 
conservatories of Mrs. Geo. A. Joslyn, Daven- 
port St., Omaha, Neb., U.S.A., were badly 
damaged by the tornado, and many of the 
plants suffered from exposure to the cold 
weather. As the greenhouses will probably 
not be rebuilt, Mrs. Joslyn has offered her 
valuable collection of Orchids to the City 
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