While recently the trend in Vanda production has 
been toward hybrids of V. Sanderiana, the real con- 
noisseurs have, of late, rediscovered the charm of 
the many smaller-flowering types, since they lend 
themselves far better to interesting arrangements. 
The dwarf growing types are also easier to use as 
flowering house-plants. The large blooming types 
are, of course, very showy and excellent material 
for corsage work. The best advice to give a novice 
in the Vanda field is to acquire a few plants of dis- 
tinctly different types and in different age groups. 
In this way the needs of the various sizes and types 
are most easily learned and taste and experience 
will show the way from there on. 
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Oscar M. Hirsch 
2869 OAHU AVENUE 
HONOLULU 14.-HAWAIT, U.S.A; 
ORCHID GROWER SINCE 1915 
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Something About The Ruthat 
The author, Oscar M. Kirsch, is an orchid b:eed- 
er of long standing and wide experience. He received 
his early training at the municipal plant nurseries 
of Vienna, the Austrian State Horticultural School 
at Kiserub, and the world-famous gardens of Baron 
Alfons Rothschild at the Hohe Warte in Vienna. 
He arrived in the United States in 1924 and 
rounded out his experience at such well-known hor- 
ticultural establishments as Julius Roehrs Company 
in Rutherford, New Jersey, the Arnold Arboretum 
of Harvard University in Boston, and Armacost and 
Royston in Los Angeles. 
The next assignment was the management of the 
famous Frank C. Atherton orchid collection in Ho- 
nolulu and the hybridization work carried on there 
for 14 years. After Mr. Atherton’s death, Mr. Kirsch 
went into business for himself. The large number 
of excellent hybrids registered by him are probably 
the best proof that his efforts in the horticultural 
field have been noteworthy. 
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