CONTENTS. 



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President's Address 11 



Professor REICHENBACH 



On Proliferous Roots of Orchids 18 



TrilabeUia Continua 19 



Luddemannia (Cycnoches) Pescatorei 20 



Mr. H. J. VEITCH, F.L.S. 



On the Hybridisation of Orchids 22 



Mr. JAMES O'BRIEN 



On the Cultivation of Orchids 50 



the Orchid House 53 



the Staging .. 54 



Watering Orchids 55 



,, Potting Orchids .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 



,, Materials for Potting . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 



Shading and Heating 58 



,, Arrangement of the Plants .. .. .. .. .. 59 



the Cost of Orchids 61 



Discussion on Orchid Nomenclature 62 



Discussion on the Use of Manure in Orchid Growing . . . . . . 64 



Report by F. W. BURBIDGE, Esq., F.L.S., on Plants Exhibited 



(Horticultural) 73 



List of Genera, Species, Varieties, and Hybrids shown. . . . 75 



Alphabetical List of the Genera of Orchids 94 



Report by H. N. RIDLEY, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., on Plants Exhibited 



(Botanical) 139 



