304 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [OcTroBER, Ig1t- 
REVIEW OF BOOK, 
Orchids for Amateurs. A Practical Guide to the Cultivation of Sixty easily- 
grown Cool, and Fifty Warm House kinds adapted for Small Mixed 
Greenhouses. By C. Alwyn Harrison, F.R.H.S. Edited by T. W. 
Sanders, F.L.S., Editor of ‘“‘Amateur Gardening.” Illustrated. 
Crown 8vo., 148 pp. London: W. H. and L. Collingridge, 148 and 
149, Aldersgate Street, E.C. 
Our readers have already made the acquaintance of Mr. C. Alwyn Harrison, 
through his articles in these pages on the Amateurs’ Collection. He has 
now produced a small work bearing the above title, and its object is to 
awaken a wider interest in these most fascinating plants. There are many 
amateurs, he remarks, who possess a heated greenhouse, and who grow 
geraniums, ferns, azaleas, and palms to perfection, and in his opinion there 
are at least fifty Orchids which might be successfully grown in such struc- 
tues if the attempt were made. 
The work is divided into parts, the first devoted to Cool house Orchids, 
and the second to Orchids for a Warm house, witha third or Miscellaneous 
division, including Imported Orchids and their treatment, Propagation of 
Orchids, List of Plants to grow with Orchids, Insects and Diseases injurious: 
to Orchids, and Odontiodas. 
In the first part we find chapters devoted to Canecetiokashe Oncidiums,. 
Masdevallias, Cypripediums, Ccelogyne cristata, and others suitable for a 
Cool house ; also chapters on the Orchid House, Culture of Cool Orchids, 
Culture in frames, and potting Cool Orchids. Fifty species for the Cool 
house are dealt with in detail, while ten Odontiodas are added in a concluding 
chapter. 
In the part devoted to Warm house Orchids a similar number are dealt 
with, and there are chapters devoted to Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, Lelias, 
Lzliocattleyas and various others, also chapters on Potting and Composts, 
Watering and Syringing, and General hints. The Author is himself an. 
enthusiastic amateur who has attained considerable success, and the book 
we believe contains sound practical information which will be specially 
useful to beginners. It is of convenient size, well-printed, and contains. 
twenty illustrations of the most popular kinds. _ Lastly it is furnished with 
a good Index. The work may be commended to beginners and to the 
owners of small greenhouses who may be desirous of including a few 
Orchids in their collections, as a reliable cultural guide. 
An interesting feature is the list of Cool greenhouse plants suitable for 
growing with Orchids, their habit, colour, and time of flowering, and a 
similar list for the Warm house, as such plants would take care of them- 
selves under Orchid house conditions. 
