The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



week. To strike an average in sncli a case wonld 

 not be practically serviceable. It seemed best, on 

 the whole, to take the price-list of some leading 

 dealer, and, if so, one who could be trusted to supply 

 any demand at a moment's notice must be chosen — 

 which means, in effect, the tradesman who has the 

 largest stock, provided that he sells as cheaply as 

 others. Sucli conditions pointed to Messrs. 8ander, 

 (if St. Albans. 



The price quoted refers to a single established 

 plant, which will certainly flower in its season if 

 properly treated ; but small-growing species, such 

 as Odont. Rossii majvs, for example, are reckoned 

 as one, whatever the number of bulbs clustered in 

 a pot, or the ninnber of flower-spikes they bear. 

 Larger plants, or more in a pot, can always be 

 obtained for a sum proportionate. 



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