XVi INTRODUCTION. 



labium guttatum, 1,305 s. Aerides margariticcum y 

 thirty-two inches high, 525 s. Vanda tricolor Rus- 

 selliana, 546 s. Aerides VeitcJtii, 725 s. Angrceciim 

 Ellisii, 200 s. Cattleya lobata, 300 s. Cypripedium 

 caudatum y 320 s. Cattleya Warneri, 562 s. Cat- 

 tleya Russeliiana, 882 s. Cattleya labiata Warneri, 

 609 s. Zygopetalum maxillare, 378 s. Cattleya 

 Dowiana, 550 s. Colax jugosus, 294 s. The whole 

 sale realized .2,211 14 s. 



" These enormous figures of course imply excep- 

 tionally fine specimens, and need cause no alarm to 

 the intending cultivator. Orchids, as a rule, are not 

 more costly than other select plants ; their culture is 

 very simple, and there is no reason why every man 

 who has a conservatory, and who will lay out a little 

 money judiciously, and treat his plants tenderly and 

 lovingly, may not have it gay with these Orchid 

 treasures. Plants are marvelously docile. When 

 they die prematurely it is not of ' treatment ' but of 

 7;ztf/treatment, and with Orchids especially, as with 

 women and chameleons, their life is the reflection of 

 what is around them." 



It is often urged that floral names are difficult and 

 meaningless. A little study and investigation will 

 show upon how slight a foundation this statement 

 rests. To aid in this, a copious glossary of botanical 

 terms and of the signification of Orchid names is ap- 

 pended. 



In the second portion of the book there are many 

 Orchids described, in the growth of which the writer 



