
MCLELLAN ORCHIDS 
HE E. W. McLELLAN CO., for 50 years the larg- 
est shippers of California cut flowers to the florists 
of the nation, offers orchid plants for commercial 
growers, orchid and garden hobbyists, and seekers 
of choice gifts for special occasions. 
Tropical orchids, intro- 
duced into Europe in 
the nineteenth century 
as the treasure of 
kings, are now the 
hobby of thousands 
throughout the world. 

The Cattleya species are gathered laboriously by 
natives in the high trees of the South American 
forests. Withered, dried, tattered and torn by their 
donkeyback and airplane trip, they are nursed in 
our greenhouses to the vigorous sturdy growth, typi- 
cal of species, which has enabled many to grow 
them successfully in the home when no greenhouse 
was available. Their wealth of bloom makes them 
plants of which to be proud. 

