THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
VoL. I.] FEBRUARY, 13893. [No. 2, 
TO OUR READERS. 
THE inauguration of the OrcHID Review has called forth a series of 
congratulatory letters, not only from various parts of the United Kingdom, 
but also from the Continent and America, and we take this, the earliest 
opportunity of thanking our numerous correspondents for their good wishes 
and kind co-operation, both of which are much appreciated, and augur well 
for the future. 
Our first number has been very favourably received, both by the 
horticultural press, and by numerous amateur and professional growers, 
all of whom express the opinion that it will prove very useful to cultivators 
of Orchids. Several correspondents have offered suggestions for making 
the work of the widest possible interest, which, so far as circumstances 
permit, we shall endeavour to act upon. One or two are embodied in the 
present number, and we shall at all times be glad to receive suggestions for 
the improvement of the work. 
We particularly invite short communications of an interesting character, 
also photographs of flowers of showy rarities suitable for reproduction in 
our pages. Many such, of which no figure exists, are in cultivation in 
various collections, and it seems desirable to remedy the deficiency when- 
ever the necessary materials can be obtained. 
We hope our readers will make the Review known as widely as possible 
among their Orchid-growing friends, so as to enlarge its sphere of useful- 
ness, because its value must depend to a large extent upon the amount 
of support received, and we desire to make it of a progressive nature in the 
best sense of the term. 
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