ORCHIDS : HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



HINTS TO ORCHID BUYERS. 



THE prices hereafter quoted are for good strong healthy plants, 

 with full sized pseudobulbs, having (excepting where otherwise 

 mentioned) one good leading pseudobulb or growth. 



The terms "newly imported," "semi-established," or "estab- 

 lished" refers to the condition in which the plants may be purchased 

 with good results, that which is placed first indicating the condition 

 most to be recommended. Owing to the risks of establishing newly 

 imported plants they can, of course, be purchased at the lowest 

 prices, as, from some cause or another, they occasionally die; semi- 

 established plants command a trifle higher prices; but if the plants 

 are established, and have bloomed, the price is then, in most cases, 

 fixed according to the character or quality of the flower; sometimes 

 this is above and at others below the average newly imported price. 



The prices of Orchids often vary from year to year, and are 

 ruled by the quantities imported, but, taken generally, the prices I 

 have quoted will be fair to both the buyer and the seller, in fact, 

 good reliable plants can scarcely be obtained at a cheaper rate, 

 although advertisements sometimes are seen offering " first-class 

 plants" at much lower prices, statements which should generally be 

 accepted with some reserve. 



I wish again to refer those who are about commencing to grow 

 Orchids, to my remarks on pages 4 to 9. I know that we all expect 

 to pay for our experience, but it has frequently occurred to me that 

 many amateurs have had to do so too dearly, which has led to the 

 cultivation of Orchids being discarded by some. 



