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CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTION 



CATTLEYAS AND LELIAS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 



DENDROBIUMS ... ... 



ODONTOGLOSSUMS AND ONCIDIUMS ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 



CYPIIIPEDIUMS 15 



MASDEVALLIAS 16 



ARTIFICIAL HEATING ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 



STOKING THE FIKES ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 



VENTILATION ... ... ... 24 



SHADING ... ... ... 25 



THE ATMOSPHERE ... 26 



TEMPERATURE ... 29 



POTTING AND BASKETING ... ... ... ...... ... 31 



., CATTLEYAS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 



ODONTOGLOSSUMS AND ONCIDIUMS ... ... 35 



CYPRIPEDIUMS 35 



DENDROBIUMS.. 36 



TIME OF REPOTTING 36 



POTS AND BASKETS versus BLOCKS ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 



TREATMENT OF IMPORTED ORCHIDS... ... ... ... ... ... 40 



PROPAGATION ., 41 



INSECT LIFE, CLEANLINESS AND REMEDIES... ... ... 42 



ORCHIDS FROM SEED ... ... ... ... ... ..". ... ... 48 



FERTILISATION OF FLOWKKS FOR SEED ... 49 



DISEASES OF ORCHIDS... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 



WATERING AND RESTING ORCHIDS ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 



DESIRABLE POSITION FOR THE PLANTS ... ... ... ... ... 52 



ORCHIDS IN BLOOM ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 56 



PLANTS THAT MAY BE GROWN WITH ORCHIDS ... ... ... ... 56 



THE COOL HOUSE ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 57 



THE INTERMEDIATE HOUSE 58 



THE WARM, OR EAST INDIA HOUSE ... ... ... ... ... 58 



MANURE AID TO ORCHIDS ... ... ... ... ... 60 



PROTECTION FROM COLD DURING WINTER ... ... ... ... ... 61 



EXCESSIVE HEAT TO ORCHIDS "... ... ... ... ... ... 62 



TREATMENT OP ORCHIDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 63 to 74 



HINTS TO ORCHID BUYERS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 75 



VARIETIES FOR AMATEURS' SMALL COLLECTIONS COOL HOUSE ORCHIDS 76 to 91 



INTERMEDIATE HOUSE ORCHIDS 91 to 113 



WARM, STOVE, OR EAST INDIA HOUSE ORCHIDS 113 to 128 



SUPPLEMENTARY VARIETIES : COOL HOUSE ORCHIDS. ... ... 129 to 134 



INTERMEDIATE HOUSK ORCHIDS ... ,. ... ... 184 to 138 



WARM HOUSE ORCHIDS 139 to 143 



ORCHIDS WHICH MAY BE GROWN IN VINERIES OR PEACH HOUSES ... 144 

 ORCHIDS IN SMOKY TOWNS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 145 



TABULATED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF ORCHIDS ... 156 to 171 

 THE CULTURE OF ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM AND ALLIED SPECIES... 152 to 155 

 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ... ... ... ... 172 to 182 



