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INTRODUCTION ...... i 



PURCHASING ORCHIDS 10 



POTTING AND WATERING 15 



RESTING ORCHIDS 19 



SPECIFIC VARIATION ...... 24 



ORCHID HOUSES 27 



ORCHID HOUSES IN THE NATURAL STYLE ... 34 



IMPORTING ORCHIDS ... ... ... 37 



ORCHIDS FOR THE SITTING-BOOM 41 



HYBRIDISING ORCHIDS 43 



PROPAGATION OF ORCHIDS 49 



Noxious INSECTS 53 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST 55 



HARDY CYPRIPEDIUMS ... 135 



GENERAL INDEX ... ... 141 



