eeu Tb -ORCHIDS. 
MY GARDENING. 
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THE contents of my Bungalow gave material for 
some “Legends” which perhaps are not yet 
universally forgotten. I have added few curiosities 
to the list since that work was published. My 
days of travel seem to be over ; but in quitting that 
happiest way of life—not willingly—I have had 
the luck to find another occupation not less inte- 
resting, and better suited to grey hairs and stiffened 
limbs. This volume deals with the appurtenances 
of my Bungalow, as one may say—the orchid- 
houses. But a man who has almost forgotten 
what little knowledge he gathered in youth about 
English plants does not readily turn to that 
higher branch of horticulture. More ignorant even 
than others, he will cherish all the superstitions and 
illusions which environ the orchid family. En- 
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