gol. 
TO OUR READERS. 
founded, as a monthly repertorium 
EIGHT years ago the ORCHID REVIEW was 
d interesting to Orchid growers. 
of information likely to prove useful an 
The undertaking has been warmly supported from all quarters, at home 
and abroad, and the record of the work has been one of steady progress 
from the commencement. To-day we are able to make an alteration which, 
a ve believe, will materially enhance its popularity and usefulness. 
With the commencement of the new year—we might say the new 
century—the price of the work will be reduced to sixpence monthly, with 
~ the small additional sum necessary to defray the cost of postage. The 
alteration involves no other change in the work; out policy in the future, 
as in the past, will be to make the work as valuable as possible to all lovers 
of this beautiful group of plants, and to keep pace with the growing needs 
of the times. There is no need to repeat our original programme—it is 
well known, and we have been assured over and over again that the existing 
volumes form a mine of valuable information. We thank our readers for 
their kind co-operation and assistance in the past, and appeal with con- 
fidence for its continuance in the future. In particular we invite items of 
information of general interest and records of the personal experiences of 
hybridists and cultivators, which are always welcomed and help to enlarge 
the sphere of usefulness of the work. Portraits of new and striking 
Orchids suitable for reproduction in our pages are also much appreciated ; 
and we may add that strong prints, on smooth albuminised pape? and wi 
a contrasted background, are the most suitable for reproduction by the 
half-tone process. 
And, in conclusion, we take this opportuni 
readers 
ty of wishing all our 
wags, Harry NEW YEAR. 
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