EBOOK ABOUT ORCHIDS ***
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ABOUT ORCHIDS
_A CHAT_
BY
FREDERICK BOYLE
_WITH COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS_
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, LTD.
1893
[_All rights reserved_]
LONDON:
PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,
ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL, E.C.
I INSCRIBE
THIS BOOK TO MY GUIDE, COMFORTER
AND FRIEND,
JOSEPH GODSEFF.
CONTENTS.
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MY GARDENING 1
AN ORCHID SALE 24
ORCHIDS 42
COOL ORCHIDS 60
WARM ORCHIDS 103
HOT ORCHIDS 138
THE LOST ORCHID 173
AN ORCHID FARM 183
ORCHIDS AND HYBRIDIZING 210
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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VANDA SANDERIANA _Frontispiece_
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM ALEXANDRAE 67
ONCIDIUM MACRANTHUM 88
DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM 127
COELOGENE PANDURATA 160
CATTLEYA LABIATA 173
LOELIA ANCEPS SCHROEDERIANA 197
CYPRIPEDIUM (HYBRIDUM) POLLETTIANUM 210
PREFACE.
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