CONTENTS. 



PAGB 



INTRODUCTION . vii. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATED BOTANICAL WORKS REFERRED TO xviii. 



CHAPTER 



I. NATURE AND HABITS OF ORCHIDS .... 23 



II. BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF ORCHID CULTURE 31 



III. CLASSIFICATION 36 



IV. COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION ... 42 

 V. TREATMENT OF NEWLY IMPORTED ORCHIDS . . 47 



VI. THE ORCHID HOUSE 51 



VII. SEASONS OF REST AND GROWTH .... 62 



VIII. SHADING AND WATERING ..... 66 



IX. POTTING 72 



X. CULTURE OF TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS ... 77 



XL CULTURE OF EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS .... 83 



XII. DISEASES AND INSECTS 89 



XIII. PROPAGATION AND IMPREGNATION .... 94 



XIV. FLOWERING 98 



XV. COOL TREATMENT OF ORCHIDS .... 102 



XVI. ORCHIDS FOR PARLOR CULTURE . . . . no 



XVII. HYBRIDIZATION OF ORCHIDS 115 



XVIII. ORCHIDS FOR HOUSE DECORATION AND FOR THE 



MARKET .123 



XIX. HISTORY OF ORCHID CULTURE IN THE UNITED 



STATES 130 



XX. DESCRIPTIVE LIST 141 



ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE GENERA, WITH THE TRIBE 



TO WHICH THEY BELONG 414 



