Orchids 
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ORCHIDS 
The Largest and Oldest Orchid Establishment in America 
(W e Introduced Orchids in a Commercial Way in This Country) 
I T IS WELL KNOWN that we have one of the most extensive and valuable commercial collections of Orchids la 
America, to wliich we are constantly adding, both by our own propagation of the most desirable species, and 
by large importations from the various quarters of the globe in which are found growing these strange and 
most beautiful members of the floral Icingdom. 
Orchid culture and propagation has always been with us a labor of love as well as a matter of business ; where- 
fore we may be pardoned for our enthusiasm. Indeed, anyone who has ever been engaged in the culture of Orchids will 
agree with us that it is a most fascinating employment, interesting to every sense of man, and ilUing him with 
admiration and reverence for tlie great Creator of whose wonders these are but a fragment. There is something about 
these plants which, wliile tlioy may attract first only from curiosity aroused by tlie grotesque form of a particular species, 
will always hold the lover of Nature with triple bands of interest, surprise and admiration. 
Orchids Have Become Popular. —But a short time ago comparatively few people knew anything about this 
class of plants and quite often the question was asked, " Wliat is an Orchid ? " Since then, however, nearly every lover of 
flowers has become acquainted with the Orchid, an<l not only knows them in their various varieties and wonderful colors, 
but as well cultivates them in greenhouses and conservatories. 
VIEW IN ONE OF OUR ORCHID HOUSES-CATTLEYA TRIANAE IN BLOOM 
