82 orchids: how to grow them successfully. 



Ibinte to ®rcbi& Bu^ere. 



The prices hereafter quoted are for good strong healthy plants, 

 with full sized pseudo bulbs, having (excepting where otherwise 

 mentioned) one good growing lead. 



The terms "newly imported," " semi-established," or " estab- 

 lished" refers to the cohdition in which the plants may be 

 purchased with good results, that which is placed fh'st indicating 

 the condition most to be recommended. Owing to the risks of 

 establishing newly imported plants they can, of course, be 

 purchased at the lowest prices, as, from some cause or another, 

 they occasionally die ; semi-established plants command a trifle 

 higher prices ; but if the plants are established, and have 

 bloomed, the price is then, in most cases, fixed according to the 

 character or quality of the flower ; sometimes this is above and 

 at others below the average newly imported price. 



The prices of Orchids often vary from year to year, and are 

 ruled by the quantities imported, but, taken generally, the prices I 

 have quoted will be fair to both the buyer and the seller, in fact, 

 good reliable plants can scarcely be obtained at a cheaper rate, 

 although advertisements sometimes are seen offering ' ' first-class 

 plants" at much lower prices, statements which should generally 

 be accepted with some reserve. 



