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THE (U IDE TO NATL "RE 



FLORAL MUSIC AND PAINTING * 



a Orchids are tin- floral ecstasies "t" Nature. In their production she was of Wagnerian spirit, in $ 



# dream and fulfillment; and yet, like Opie, ^lu- "mixed brains in her colorings," for in form and color j£ 



5 there is not only ;i delirium of beauty but a motive. ^ 



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The North American Home of Certain 

 South American Orchids. 



BY EDWARD F. BIGELOW, ARCADIA: SOUND 

 BEACH. CONNECTICUT. 



North American orchids grow plenti- 

 fully in all parts of the United States. 



"There are to-day, according to conservative 

 reports, from twenty-seven to thirty genera 

 and from one hundred and fiftv to one hun- 



as far north as the Arctic Circle. Four 

 Cypripediums grow between latitudes 54° and 

 64°, and from fifteen to eighteen species of 

 the orchid family are natives of Alaska." 



While all these varieties are beautiful 

 or of special botanical interest, none are 

 cultivated for commercial purposes to 

 such an extent as are those brought from 

 South America at great cost in money. 



PART OF THE GREENHOUSES WHERE THE ORCHIDS ARE CULTIVATED. 



A unique establishment — nothing else but orchids are grown here; orchids, orchids everywhere — on benches, 



under the benches, suspended from the glass roofs and in every conceivable position wherever 



space can be found to accommodate them. 



dred and sixty species of native orchids found 

 in North America, north of Mexico. . . . The 

 range of the North American orchids extends 

 wherever sunshine and moisture prevail, nearly 



labor and even in risk of life itself. 



North American orchids are at home 

 out of doors almost everywhere, but 

 South American orchids must be tenderly 



