CONTENTS 



PA OF 



PREFACR 5 



INTRODUCTION 7 



FAMILY TREE 27 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 31 



LIST OF EEFERENCES 33 



LIST OF TRAVELLERS 36 



LIVES OF TRAVELLERS 37 



LIST OF HYBRIDISTS 98 



LIVES OF HYBRIDISTS 99 



ORCHID SPECIES Ill 



ORCHID HYBRIDS 161 



STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 221 



INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS 299 



EXOTIC FERNS 311 



CONIFEROUS TREES 335 



TREES AND SHRUBS DECIDUOUS AND CLIMBING PLANTS .... 351 



TREES AND SHRUBS EVERGREEN AND CLIMBING PLANTS .... 389 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS 413 



BULBOUS PLANTS 443 



BEGONIAS 455 



HIPPEASTRUMS 465 



ORCHID HYBRIDIZATION ... 473 



NEPENTHES 483 



GREENHOUSE RHODODENDRONS 493 



STREPTOCARPUS 503 



FRUITS 509 



VEGETABLES . . 513 



INDEX 517 



