CONTENTS 



PAG! 



INTRODUCTION i 



CHAP. 



I. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ORCHID CULTURE . 3 



II. STRUCTURE OF ORCHID FLOWERS .... 6 



III. DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME 8 



IV. STRUCTURE OF THE ORCHID HOUSE ... 9 

 V. THE POTTING AND BASKETING PROCESS . . .22 



VI. REMOVING USELESS LEAVES AND BULBS . . -31 



VII. PROPAGATION BY DIVISION 34 



VIII. WATERING EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS 35 



IX. MANURES FOR ORCHIDS 39 



X. RESTING ORCHIDS 44 



XI. SPECIALLY RARE AND VALUABLE PLANTS . . 46 



XII. DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS 47 



XIII. PERIODICAL INSPECTION 50 



XIV. ORCHIDS FOR THE CONSERVATORY . . . -52 

 XV. ORCHIDS AS CUT FLOWERS 55 



XVI. IMPORTING ORCHIDS 59 



XVII. TREATMENT OF IMPORTED ORCHIDS ... 63 



XVIII. ODOURS OF ORCHIDS 65 



XIX. HYBRIDISING AND RAISING SEEDLING ORCHIDS . 67 

 XX. ENUMERATION OF THE PRINCIPAL GENERA AND 



SPECIES IN CULTIVATION 81 



XXI. ORCHID HYBRIDS 109 



INDEX . . . in 



