Kathy Barrett wrote : "Eric Young or Alex D. Hawkes... guidance is appreciated."
"Eric Young... first President of BOC" URL : http://www.orchidsandmore.org.uk/pages%20in%20this%20site/The%20history%20of%20BOC.html a trained scientist, he established his foundation in 1958 URL : http://www.ericyoungorchidfoundation.co.uk/ofb.html "Young left Derby in 1947 and set up a shop which eventually became a large chain of jewellery and souvenir shops in Jersey's capital, St Helier... it was his hobby of breeding orchids that made his name. In 1958 he set up a charitable trust, the Eric Young Orchid Foundation, which has one of the finest collections of orchids in the world... The foundation continues Mr Young's work, employing 10 people. ... Young... died suddenly of a heart attack in London in January, 1984, after attending a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society orchid committee. He was 73." http://www.aiipowmia.com/inter22/in082302search.html ************** from an e-mail received 30 May 2003 : "About 30-35 years ago... Hawkes simply decided that he did not want to do it [publish the Orchid Journal] any more. Still he continued to solicit subscribers... Not long after that he left for Florida to become a food and cooking expert." on the OGD [Orchids Digest, Vol 5, Issue 203]: "Alex D. Hawkes... orchidist of the late 1950s, 1960s and early 1970, published many nomenclatural changes and classification schemes... Hawkes started his own journal which lasted only 2-3 volumes and folded. After that Hawkes became a food and cooking expert." on the OGD [Orchids Digest, Vol 5, Issue 245] : " "The Orchid Journal" published/edited by Alex D. Hawkes. ... 3 volumes... the 3rd volume spanned from 1954 until 1959" on the OGD [Orchids Digest, Vol 5, Issue 248] : "He did produce the South Florida Orchid Weekly for a short period, after he returned to Florida. He then went on to cooking and cook books, among other things." on the OGD [Orchids Digest, Vol 5, Issue 251]: "publications by Alex D. Hawkes : "An Orchid Hunting Trip in Central Florida," published in the American Orchid Society Bulletin, August 1944. Orchids; Their Botany and Culture. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1961, 297 pp. Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Orchids. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1965. Guide to Plants of the Everglades National Park, published by Tropic Isle Publishers in Coral Gables Florida, 1965. A World of Vegetable Cookery, 1968. Cooking with Vegetables, 1975. Flavors of the Caribbean and Latin America : A Personal Collection of Recipes, 1978" ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
