Orchid Culture [Machine readable transcription]

Title: Orchids. A description of the species and varieties grown at Glen Ridge, near Boston, with lists and descriptions of other desirable kinds. Prefaced by chapters on the culture, propagation, collection, and hybridization of orchids; the construction and management of orchid houses; a glossary of botanical terms and significance of their names; the whole forming a complete manual of orchid culture.
Author: Rand, Edward Sprague, 1834-1897.
Publisher: The Rural Publishing Co.
Date: [c 1876]

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ORCHID CULTURE

E.S. Rand, Jr.

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Dedication.

To
THE HORTICULTURAL CLUB.
H. HOLLIS HUNNEWELL.
HENRY WINTHROP SARGENT.
FRANCIS PARKMAN.
WILLIAM GRAY, JR.
CHARLES G. LORING.
CHARLES S. SARGENT.
FRANCIS L. LEE.
IN MEMORY OF MANY PLEASANT MEETINGS.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION...

vii.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATED BOTANICAL WORKS REFERRED TO...

xviii.

CHAPTER

I. NATURE AND HABITS OF ORCHIDS...

II. BEGINNING AND PROGRESS OF ORCHID CULTURE...

III. CLASSIFICATION...

IV. COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION...

V. TREATMENT OF NEWLY IMPORTED ORCHIDS...

VI. THE ORCHID HOUSE...

VII. SEASONS OF REST AND GROWTH...

VIII. SHADING AND WATERING...

IX. POTTING...

X. CULTURE OF TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS...

XI. CULTURE OF EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS...

XII. DISEASES AND INSECTS...

XIII. PROPAGATION AND IMPREGNATION...

XIV. FLOWERING...

XV. COOL TREATMENT OF ORCHIDS...

102

XVI. ORCHIDS FOR PARLOR CULTURE...

110

XVII. HYBRIDIZATION OF ORCHIDS...

115

XVIII. ORCHIDS FOR HOUSE DECORATION AND FOR THE MARKET...

123

XIX. HISTORY OF ORCHID CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES...

130

XX. DESCRIPTIVE LIST...

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ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE GENERA, WITH THE TRIBE TO WHICH THEY BELONG...

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LIST OF PRINCIPAL ORCHIDS GROWN AT GLEN RIDGE...

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LIST OF THIRTY CHEAP ORCHIDS FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION...

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LIST OF TROPICAL ORCHIDS WITH CURIOUS FLOWERS, OR RESEMBLING INSECTS, ETC...

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LIST OF THE CHOICEST ORCHIDS, COMBINING BEAUTY OF FLOWER, ELEGANCE OF GROWTH, AND FRAGRANCE...

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SIGNIFICATION OF THE NAMES APPLIED TO ORCHIDS...

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GLOSSARY...

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Illustration: Galeandra Devoniana.

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INTRODUCTION.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATED BOTANICAL WORKS REFERRED

Abbreviations.

Bos. ATHĆ. ... Library of Boston Athenćum.

BOS. PUB. LIB. ... Library of City of Boston.

BOS. NAT. HIS. SOC. ... Library of Boston Society of Natural History.

E.S.R., JR. ... Library of Edward S. Rand, Jr.

MASS. HORT. SOC. ... Library of Massachusetts Horticultural Society.

HARV. COL. ... Library of Harvard College.

AND. REP. ... ANDREWS, The Botanist's Repository. London, 1797-1811. 10 vols.,4to. Colored Plates 1-664. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.; Mass. Hort. Soc.

BAT. ... BATEMAN, The Orchidaceć of Mexico and Guatemala. London, 1837-1843. Folio. Map. Col. Pl. 1-40. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.

BAT. 1ST CEN. ... JAMES BATEMAN, A Century of Orchidaceous Plants. London, 1849. I vol., 4to. Col. Pl. 1-100. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

BAT. 2d CEN. ... BATEMAN, JAMES, A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants. London, 1867. I vol., 4to. Col. Pl. 1-100. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.; Mass. Hort. Soc.

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BAT. ODON. ... BATEMAN, JAMES, A Monograph of Odontoglossum. London, 1864-74. Folio. Col. Pl. 1-30. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.; Mass. Hort. Soc.

BLUME, ORCH. ... BLUME, Flora Javć Orchidać Luga Bat., 1858. Folio. Col. Pl. 1-66. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.; Mass. Hort. Soc.

B.M. ... CURTIS, Botanical Magazine. London, 1783-1876. 100 vols., 8vo. Series 1, vols. 1-53. Series 2, vols. 53-70. Series 3, vols. 71-100, and con. Col. Pl. 1-6205. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.; Bos. Nat. His. Soc.; Bos. Athć; Bos. Pub. Lib.; Harv. Col.

B.R. ... EDWARDS, The Botanical Register. London, 1815-47. 33 vols., royal 8vo. Vols. 1-23. Col. Pl. 1-2014. Vol. 24, 1838. Col. Pl. 1-68. Vol. 25, 1839. Col. Pl. 1-69. Vol. 26, 1840. Col. Pl. 1-71. Vol. 27, 1841. Col. Pl. 1-70. Vol. 28, 1842. Col. Pl. 1-69. Vol. 29, 1843. Col. Pl. 1-66. Vol. 30, 1844. Col. Pl. 1-67. Vol. 31, 1845. Col. Pl. 1-69. Vol. 32, 1846. Col. Pl. 1-69. Vol. 33, 1847. Col. Pl. 1-70. In all, 2702 Plates. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R, Jr.; Bos. Nat. His. Soc.; Bos. Pub. Lib.

C.B. ... Lindley. Botanical Collections, London, 1821. Folio. Col. Pl. 1-41.

FL. CAB. ... KNOWLES AND WESCOTT, The Floral Cabinet,
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London, 1837-1840. 3 vols., 4to. Col. Pl. 1-135. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

FL. DES SER. ... VAN HOUTTE, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe. 21 vols. Gand, 1845-76, and con. Col Pl. 1-2258. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

F.M. ... MOORE, The Floral Magazine. London, 1861-71. 10 vols., 8vo. Col Pl. 1-560.

F.M. II. ... Second Series, 1871-76. 4 vols., 4to, and con. Col. Pl. 1-192. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

GARD. MAG. ... The Gardener's Magazine of Botany. London, 1853. 3 vols., 4to. Col. Pl. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

HOOK. EX. ... HOOKER, Exotic Flora. Edinburgh, 1823-27. 3 vols., 8vo. Col. Pl. 1-232. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.; Bos. Nat. Hist. Soc.; Bos. Pub. Lib.

I.H. ... LEMAIRE, L'Illustration Horticole. Gand, 1864-75. 21 vols., 8vo. 1st Series, vols. 1-10, 1854-63. Col Pl. 1-386. 2d Series, vols. 11-16. Col Pl. 387-614. 3d Series, vols. 17-21. Col. Pl. 1-191.

JEN. ORCH. ... JENNINGS, Orchids. London, 1874-5. vol., 4to. Col. Pl. 1-48. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.; Mass. Hort. Soc.

LEM. JARD. ... LEMAIRE, Le Jardin Fleuriste. Gand, 1851-54. 4 vols., 8vo. Col. Pl. 1-430. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

LODD. CAB. ... LODDIGE, The Botanical Cabinet. London, 1818-33. 20 vols., L.P., square 8vo. Col Pl. 1-2000. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.; Harv. Coll.; Bos. Pub. Lib.

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MAUND, BOT. ... MAUND, The Botanist. London, 1839-44. 5 vols., L.P., small 4to. Col. Pl. 1-250. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

M.O.P. ... MOORE, Illustrations of Orchidaceous Plants. London, 1857. 1 vol., 8vo. Col. Pl. 1-100. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

P. AND E. ... POEPPIG ET ENDLICHER, Nova Genera et Species Plantarum quas in Regno Chilense Peruviano, etc. Vols. 1-3, 1835-1845. Col. Pl. 1-300.

PAX. FL. G. ... PAXTON, The Flower Garden. London, 1850-53. 3 vols., 4to. Col Pl. 1-106. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

PAX. MAG. ... PAXTON, Magazine of Botany. London, 1834-49. 16 vols., 8vo. Col. Pl., 48 in each vol., in all 768. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.; Bos. Athć.

PES. ... PESCATOREA, Iconographie des Orchidées. Bruxelles, 1854-60. 1 vol., Folio. Col. Pl. 1-48. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.

REF. BOT. ... Refugium Botanicum. Figures and descriptions of little known or new Plants. London, 1868-72. Vol. 1, complete. Col. Pl. 1-72. Vol. 2, 1 part. Col Pl. 73-96, all published. Vol. 3, complete. Col. Pl. 145-216. Vol. 4, complete. Col. Pl. 217-288. Vol. 5, 2 parts. Col. Pl. 289-334,, all published. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

REICH. XEN. ... REICHENBACH, Xenia Orchidacea. Leipzig,
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1858-74. 2 vols., 4to. Col Pl. 1-200. Lib. E.S.R. Jr.

REV. HORT. ... Revue Horticole. Paris, 1855-76, and continued, 20 vols. 1855-65, 24 Col Pl. in each vol. 1865-76, 52 Col. Pl. (except during Franco-German War) in each vol. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

ROX. CORM. ... ROXBURG, Plants of Coast of Coromandel. London, 1795-1819. Col. Pl. 1-30. 3 vols.

SERT. BOT. ... Sertum Botanicum. Bruxelles, 1828-1835. 7 vols., 4to. Many hundred Col Pl. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.

SERT. O. ... Sertum Orchidacćum, Lindley. London, 1837-42. Folio.

THOUARS, OR. AFRI. ... AUBERT DU PETIT THOUARS, Histoire des Orchidées des trois des Afrique. Paris, 1822. Histoire des Vegetaux des Iles Australes d'Afrique. Paris, 1806. Col Pl. 1-24.

WAR. ORCH. ... WARNER, Select Orchidaceous Plants. London, 1862-75. 2 vols., 4to. 1862-65, 1868-74. Col. Pl. 1-40, and 1-40. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

WIGHT, IC. ... WIGHT, Icones Plantarum Indić Orientales. Madras, 1838-53. 6 vols., 4to. Pl. 1-2101. Lib. Mass. Hort. Soc.; E.S.R., Jr.

WIGHT, ILL. ... WIGHT, Illustrations of Indian Botany. Madras, 1838-48. 2 vols., 4to. Col. Pl. 1-182. Lib. E.S.R., Jr.