INDEX 



OCTOMERIA, 98 



Odontoglossum, 98 



Odontoglossum crispum (Plate VIII.) 



Odontoglossum, potting of, 99 



Odontoglossum seedlings, 71-78 



Odours of Orchids, 65 



Oncidium, 100 



Oncidium Marshattianum (Plate VII.) 



Orchid-collecting, 108 



Orchid flowers, structure of, 6 



Orchid house, structure of, 9 



Orchid house, the single, 19 



Orchid hybrids, 108 



Orchid, the first hybrid, 5 



Orchids as cut flowers, 5 5 



Orchids for baskets, 27 



Orchids for the conservatory, 52 



Orchids for pans, 27 



Orchids for villa conservatory, 53 



Orchids, suspending of, 27 



Orchids, the earliest introductions of, 



3,4,5 

 Osmunda fibre, 23, 80, 99 



PACKING, systems of, 61 



Painting interior of houses, 1 1 



Paphinia, 100 



Paraffin, need for avoiding use of, 49 



Paths, methods of making, 9 



Periodical inspection of plants, 50 



Peristeria, 103 



Pescatorea, 108 



Phaius, 100 



Phalsenopsis, 103 



Physosiphon, 103 



Plant-houses adapted for Orchids, 12 



19 



Platyclinis, 103 

 Pleione, 103 

 Pleurothallis, 103 

 Potting and basketing, methods of, 22 



Potting material for hybrids, 79 

 Potting, old-time system of, 3 

 Promensea, 103, 108 

 Propagation by division, 35 



RAIN-WATER, the value of, 35 



Raising seedling Orchid.", 67 



Renanthera, 103 



Resting season, the, 37, 44 



Restrepia, 103 



Rhyncostylis, 104 



Rise of Orchid culture, 3 



Rockeries in Orchid house, 10 



Rodriguezia, 103 



SACCOLABIUM, 104 



Sarcanthus, 104 



Sarcochilus, 104 



Satyrium, 104 



Scale insects, 49 



Schomburgkia, 104 



Scuticaria, 104 



Seed-raising, case for, 72-75 



Seed-sowing, 70 



Seed-storing, 169 



Seedlings, damping of, 77 



Seedlings in subdued light, 78 



Seedlings, affording water to, 72 



Seeds, Orchid, 69 



Selection of subjects for cross-fertilisa- 

 tion, 79 



Selenipedium, 92, 104 



Shading, 21 



Shading of houses containing seedlings, 

 78 



Slugs and woodlice, 



Sobralia, 104 



Sophronitis, 104 



Spathoglottis, 105 



Spraying the plants, 37, 72 



Staging for the plants, 12 



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