The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



people submit ; but is there one, even among 

 botanists, who says " Gibsonii " ? Those responsible 

 persons write it so indeed, but few others; and 

 everybody says " Gibsoni." Therefore I have taken 

 upon myself, in a book designed for the public, to 

 disregard the Latin Grammar, and use that form of 

 words to which the public is accustomed. 



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