JrsK 7, 1913. 
THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
411 
tm-pntv Tears hence on a hospital or sana¬ 
torium.’ He stated that 11 per cent, of 
•11 London was parks and open spaces, a 
record no other city in the TTorld could 
oompare with. 
The first competition for this trophy will 
take place on July 2 , and the class in which 
it will be the premier award is for forty- 
eight roses distinct. It is hoped that this 
trophy will be the means of inducing 
to £5 6s., and this amount has been handed 
to the Grardeners’ Orphan Fund. 
Development of the Flax In¬ 
dustry. —Flax cultivation was formerly 
a considerable industry in Yorkshire, and 
ODOXTOGLOSSUM AIREWORTH ORCHID DENE V. 4 R 1 ETY. 
blowers red-brown with purple margins and a white, red-spotted lip. A.M., R.H.S., June 3 . Mr. E. H. Davidson, Orchid Dene, 
® ’ Twvford. 
chester**'®\i”® w® Co 
Sauted a -Green has pr 
to +>1 valuable challenj 
Claude m memory of the late M 
keen intXt ^ 
^t 111 the society and its wor 
growers outside the district to compete at 
Colchester. 
Help for Gardeners’ Orphan 
Fund.— The charge of Is. which is made 
by Messrs. G. Bunyard and Co., Lim., to 
non-customers and the trade for naming 
specimens of fruits has this season totalled 
Selby was its centre; consequently, this 
town has been selected by the Development 
Commissioners as the site of experiments 
concerning the industry. A grant has been 
sanctioned, and the preliminary arrange¬ 
ments are being made by the liCeds Univer- 
sity authorities. 
