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Illustration: VANDA SANDERIANA. Reduced to One Sixth.

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ABOUT ORCHIDS

A CHAT

BY

FREDERICK BOYLE

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LONDON :
PRINTED BY GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,
ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL, E.C.

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I INSCRIBE
THIS BOOK TO MY GUIDE, COMFORTER
AND FRIEND,
JOSEPH GODSEFF.

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CONTENTS.

PAGE

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

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

VANDA SANDERIANA...

Frontispiece

ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM ALEXANDRĘ...

67

ONCIDIUM MACRANTHUM...

88

DENDROBIUM BRYMERIANUM...

127

CŒLOGENE PANDURATA...

160

CATTLEYA LABIATA...

173

LŒLIA ANCEPS SCHROEDERIANA...

197

CYPRIPEDIUM (HYBRIDUM) POLLETTIANUM...

210

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PREFACE.

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INDEX.

PAGE

Aerides Lawrencię...

160

Angręcum arcuatum...

134

Angręcum caudatum...

135

Angręcum Duchailluianum...

134

Angręcum Ellisii...

135

Angręcum falcatum...

133

Angręcum Kotschyi...

135

Angręcum Leonis...

135

Angręcum Sanderianum...

134

Angręcum Scottianum...

135

Angręcum sesquipedale (Ęranthus sesquipedalis)...

135

Anomatheca cruenta...

11

Begonia coralina...

195

Begonias...

86

Brassias...

207

Brassavola Digbyana...

128

Bulbophyllum barbigerum...

169

Bulbophyllum Beccarii...

169

Bulbophyllum Dearei...

170

Bulbophyllum Godseffianum...

170

Bulbophyllum Lobbii...

170

Bullthorn acacia...

124

Calanthe Alexanderii...

246

Calanthe Dominii...

214

Calanthe Sedeni...

215

Calanthe Veitchii...

215

Catasetum barbatum...

123

Catasetum Bungerothi (C.pileatum)...

123

Catasetum callosum...

123

Catasetum fimbriatum...

123

Cattleya Acklandię...

154

Cattleya amethystoglossa...

154

Cattleya aurea...

115

Cattleya Brymeriana...

232

Cattleya Dowiana...

115,

151

Cattleya Hardyana...

118

Cattleya hybrida...

214

Cattleya labiata...

111

Cattleya Lawrenceana...

92

Cattleya Mendelii...

117

Cattleya Mendelii fly...

117

Cattleya Mossię...

111

Cattleya Sanderiana...

118

Cattleya Skinneri alba...

119

Cattleya superba...

152

Cattleya Trianę...

111

201

Cattleya violacea...

110

Cœlogene cristata...

160

Cœlogene Dayana...

161

Cœlogene pandurata...

160

Cœlogene Sanderiana...

161

Cookson, Norman, Esq....

233

Collectors :—

Arnold...

27

28

70

180

181

Bartholomeus...

122

180

Bestwood...

180

Chaillu, M. Du...

134

Chesterton...

180

181

Clarke...

181

Digrance...

181

Dressel...

77

Endres...

70

Ericksson...

32

33

Falkenberg...

69

Forstermann...

162

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Collectors (continued)—

Gardner...

174

175

181

Hartweg...

67

Humblot...

133

Kerbach...

72

180

Klaboch...

70

105

180

Kromer...

95

98

99

Lawrenceson...

181

Micholitz...

30

31

Osmers...

94

181

Oversluys...

163

180

Roebelin...

140

160

Roezl...

66

75

76

105

139

204

205

Schroeder...

70

Seyler...

100

Smith...

180

181

Steigfers...

99

Swainson...

173-175

177

179

181

Wallace...

35

Wallis...

70

Weir...

67

Cypripedium calceolus...

82

224

225

Cypripedium candidum...

82

Cypripedium Curtisi...

32

Cypripedium Fairieanum...

223

Cypripedium guttatum...

82

Cypripedium insigne...

83

84

108

Cypripedium macranthum...

82

Cypripedium niveum...

85

Cypripedium parviflorum...

82

Cypripedium planifolium...

87

Cypripedium pubescens...

82

Cypripedium purpuratum...

223

Cypripedium Sedeni...

228

Cypripedium spectabile...

82

Cypripedium Spicerianum...

83

85

Cypripedium vexillarium...

238

Cymbidium Lowianum...

195

Cymbidium Albertesii...

131

Dendrobium atro-violaceum...

131

Dendrobium bigibbum...

168

Dendrobium Broomfieldianum...

131

Dendrobium Brymerianum...

127

Dendrobium Forstermanni...

127

Dendrobium Goldiei...

130

Dendrobium heterocarpum...

230

Dendrobium Johannis...

168

Dendrobium luteolum...

195

Dendrobium nobile nobilius...

128

Dendrobium nobile Cooksoni...

129

Dendrobium nobile Sanderianum...

129

Dendrobium phalœnopsis...

168

Dendrobium phalœnopsis Schroederianum...

29

Dendrobium rhodopterygium...

127

Dendrobium superbiens...

168

Dendrobium Wardianum...

125

Disa Cooperi...

166

Disa discolor...

166

Disa grandiflora...

165

Disa racemosa...

165

Epidendrum bicornutum...

40

Epidendrum O'Brienianum...

220

Epidendrum prismatocarpum...

167

Epidendrum radicans...

167

Epidendrum Randii...

152

Epidendrum rhizophorum...

167

Frogs, green, value of...

13

Galleandra Devoniana...

156

Grammatophyllum speciosum...

171

Grammatophyllum Measureseanum...

171

Grammatophyllum multiflorum...

172

Hybridizing...

210

Lycaste Skinneri...

79-81

206

Lycaste Skinneri alba...

79

81

Lycaste aromatica...

80

Lycaste cruenta...

81

Lœlia anceps...

109

120

122

Lœlia elegans...

153

Lœlia Maynardii...

218

Lœlia purpurata...

153

154

Lœlia guttata Leopoldi...

152

153

Lœlia anceps alba...

122

Lœlia anceps Amesiana...

109

Masdevallia Livingstoniana...

140

Masdevallia Schlimii...

76

Masdevallia Tovarensis...

27

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Odontoglossum Alexandrę...

39

67 text

67 illustration

71

Odontoglossum citrosmum...

58

Odontoglossum grande...

107

Odontoglossum Hallii...

77

Odontoglossum Harryanum...

75

Hybrids...

64

78

108

231

Odontoglossum nœveum...

77

Odontoglossum ramossissimum (cœleste)...

34

Odontoglossum Roezlii (Miltonia Roezlii)...

64

Odontoglossum Schlieperianum...

107

Odontoglossum vexillarium (Miltonia vexillaria)...

104

Odontoglossum Williamsi...

107

Oncidium cibolletum...

116

Oncidium crispum...

47

Oncidium cucullatum...

230

Oncidium fuscatum...

90

Oncidium Jonesianum...

116

Oncidium juncifolium...

39

Oncidium Lanceanum...

164

Oncidium luridum...

39

Oncidium macranthum...

88 text

88 illustration

Oncidium papilio...

164

Oncidium sculptum...

89

Oncidium serratum...

89

Oncidium splendidum...

162

163

Oncidium superbiens...

89

Peristeria elata...

138

Phajus Cooksoni...

219

Phajus Humblotii...

133

Phajus irroratus...

219

Phajus purpureus...

219

Phajus tuberculosus...

133

Phalœnopsis...

54

Phalœnopsis amabilis...

158

Phalœnopsis cornucervi...

159

Phalœnopsis F. L. Ames...

221

Phalœnopsis Harriettę...

221

Phalœnopsis intermedia...

221

Phalœnopsis Luddemanniana...

244

Phalœnopsis Manni...

159

Phalœnopsis Portei...

159

Phalœnopsis Sanderiana...

159

Phalœnopsis Schilleriana...

158

Phalœnopsis speciosa...

157

Phalœnopsis tetraspis...

156

Renanthera coccinea...

113

146

147

Roraima Mountain...

77

94

Schomburgkia tibicinis...

124

Sobralias...

196

Sophro-Cattleya Batemaniana...

218

Thanatophore...

92

Utricularia Campbelli...

199

Vanda limbata...

144

Vanda Lowii...

143

148

Vanda teres...

143

144

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