COISTTKNTS. 



Introduction 1 



Purchasing Orcuids 10 



Potting and Watering 15 



Resting Orchids 10 



Specific Variation 24 



Orchid Houses 27 



Orchid Houses in the Natjral Stvle 34 



Importing Orchids 37 



Orchids for the Sitting-Eoom 41 



Hybridising Orchids ... 43 



Propagation of Orchids 49 



Noxious Insects 53 



Descriptive List 56 



Hardy Cypripediums 13(3 



General Index 141 



