CONTENTS. 



Plants foe Stoves. 

 Ixora 

 Lasiandra 

 Maranta ... 

 Medinilla 

 Meyenia... 

 Monochsetum 

 Monstera 

 Musa 

 Mussasnda 

 Nepenthes 

 Nidularium 

 Nymphsea 

 Ouvirandra 

 Panax 

 Pancratium 

 Pandanus 

 Panicum... 

 Passiflora 

 Paullinia... 

 Pavetta ... 

 Pellionia... 

 Pentas ... 

 Peperomia 

 Philodendron 

 Phrynium 

 Phyllanthus 



Pilea 



Plumbago 

 Poinsettia 

 Posoqueria 

 Psidium ... 

 Reidia 



Rivina ... 



Rondeletia 



Ruellia ... 



Russellia 



Sanchezia 



Scutellaria 



Solandra 



Solanum 



Sonerilla ... 



Stephanotis 



Stigmaphyllon ... 



Strelitzia 



Tabernasmontana 



Thunbergia 



Thyrsacanthus . . . 



Tillandsia and Vriesia 



Torenia ... 



Tradescantia 



Tydnea 



Urceocharis 



Urceolina 



Vinca 

 Orchids 



History 



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Orchids — continued. 



PACE 



1 



Cheap and Costly 



41 



3 



Structures 



43 



4 



Materials 



... 45 



6 



Temperatures ... 



... 46 



7 



General Requisites 



46 



7 



Baskets ... 



48 



8 



Composts 



48 



9 



Propagation 



50 



9 



Hybridisation 



51 



9 



Cross Fertilisation 



53 



12 



Potting and Basketting ... 



53 



13 



Repotting 



57 



13 



Watering 



57 



14 



Routine Management ... 



57 



14 



Syringing and Damping 



59 



15 



Shading ... 



60 



16 



Ventilation 



62 



16 



Diseases and Insects 



64 



17 



Acineta ... 



67 



17 



Ada 



68 



17 



Aerides ... 



68 



17 



Angrascum 



70 



19 



Anguloa ... 



72 



19 



Ancectochilus 



72 



19 



Ansellia ... 



... 73 



19 



Arpophyllum 



73 



20 



Arundina 



73 



21 



Barkeria ... 



74 



21 



Batemannia 



... 75 



24 



Bletia 



... 75 



24 



Bollea 



... 75 



25 



Brassavola 



... 75 



25 



Brassia ... 



76 



26 



Broughtonia 



77 



27 



Bulbophyllum ... 



... 77 



27 



Burlingtonia 



77 



27 



Calanthe ... 



78 



27 



Camarotis 



80 



28 



Catasetum 



... 80 



29 



Cattleya ... 



... 81 



30 



Chysis ... 



85 



30 



Cirrhopetalum ... 



86 



33 



Cochlioda 



... 86 



33 



Coelia 



... 86 



34 



Coelogyne 



... 86 



34 



Colax 



... 88 



36 



Comparettia 



... 88 



36 



Coryanthes 



... 89 



36 



Cycnoches 



... 90 



87 



Cymbidium 



... 91 



37 



Cypripedium 



... 91 



37 



Cyrtopodium 



... 96 



37 



Dendrobium 



... 96 



38 



Disa 



... 101 



39 



Epidendrum 



... 101 



39 



Galeandra 



... 103 



