PREFACE. Xv 
work which has come under my notice. But they 
are all adapted for those who have passed the 
elementary stage. 
Thus, if I have introduced few remarks on 
culture, it is not because I think them needless. 
The reason may be frankly confessed. I am not 
sure that my time would be duly paid. If this 
little book should reach a second edition, I will 
resume once more the ignorance that was mine 
eight years ago, and as a fellow-novice tell the 
unskilled amateur how to grow orchids. 
FREDERICK BOYLE. 
North Lodge, Addiscombe, 1893. 
