ORCHID WORLD. 
SEPTEMBER, 1913. 
NOTES 
Vicariate for the Rev. J. B. Hall.- — 
The Rev. J. Bernard Hall has recently 
accepted the country living of Farnham-with- 
Scotton, near Knaresborough. It was in 
igio that he became the Secretary of the 
newly-formed North of England Horticultural 
Society, a position which he is now retaining 
in an honorary capacity. 
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Award Cards. — The Council of the 
Royal Horticultural Society has decided that 
the Secretary of each Committee must write 
the name of the certificated plant on the 
award card given to it, and that such card 
be also signed by the Chairman. This is on 
account of some cards having been misplaced, 
with the result that more than one exhibitor 
has claimed the same award. We are glad 
to be able to state that this error has not yet 
occurred in connection with the Orchid 
Committee, although the new regulation will 
greatly assist in its prevention. 
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Orchids of Selangor. — The Journal of 
the Linnean Society, Vol. XLL, p. 285, contains 
an account of an expedition made by Mr. N. 
Ridley to Mount Menuang Casing, one of the 
peaks of the range which forms the backbone 
of the Federated Malay States. The Orchids 
include Oberonia grandis, a new species and 
probably the largest of the genus. The 
stems are 12-18 inches long including the 
spike, and with about six long curved leaves. 
VOL. in. 
Spikes not very crowded, but flowering to 
the base. Flowers apparently yellow, with 
the sepals broad and short. Some eighteen 
other Orchids are mentioned, mostly of 
botanical interest. 
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Pollen still being Stolen. — We have 
again the unpleasant task of recording the 
further loss of valuable pollen. At the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
August 1 2th, the pollen was stolen from the 
Odontoglossum Queen Alexandra exhibited 
by Mr. de Barn Crawshay. Something in the 
way of very severe regulations will have to 
be enforced to put a stop to this reprehensible 
state of affairs. The thieves are evidently 
experts, and know how to select the most 
valuable specimens for their contemptible 
work. 
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StanhopeA CONVOLUTA. — The Botanical 
Magazine for August contains a coloured 
plate of this species, a native of Colombia, 
where it was first discovered in the province 
of Antioquia, and imported by M. F. Claes, 
in whose establishment at Brussels it flowered 
in September, igog. The illustration was 
prepared from a plant presented to Kew by 
Messrs. Charlesworth in igii. It is most 
nearly related, states Mr. Rolfe, to S. tricornis, 
but it has larger flowers, and there are other 
differences in the structure of the lip. 
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