Orchids
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EDITED BY....
R. HOOPER PEARSON
Present-Day Gardening
List of Volumes in the Series.
List of Volumes in the Series.
Orchids
With Eight Coloured Plates
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ORCHIDS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ORCHID CULTURE
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF ORCHID CULTURE
CHAPTER II
STRUCTURE OF ORCHID FLOWERS
STRUCTURE OF ORCHID FLOWERS
CHAPTER III
DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME
DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME
CHAPTER IV
STRUCTURE OF THE ORCHID HOUSE
THE STAGING
METHOD OF HEATING
TEMPERATURE
Table of Temperatures for Orchid Houses
THE SINGLE ORCHID HOUSE
SHADING
STRUCTURE OF THE ORCHID HOUSE
THE STAGING
METHOD OF HEATING
TEMPERATURE
Table of Temperatures for Orchid Houses
THE SINGLE ORCHID HOUSE
SHADING
CHAPTER V
THE POTTING AND BASKETING PROCESS
BASKETS AND POTS
STAKING OR FIXING ORCHIDS
LABELLING THE PLANTS
THE POTTING AND BASKETING PROCESS
BASKETS AND POTS
STAKING OR FIXING ORCHIDS
LABELLING THE PLANTS
CHAPTER VI
REMOVING USELESS LEAVES AND BULBS
USELESS PSEUDO-BULBS
REMOVING USELESS LEAVES AND BULBS
USELESS PSEUDO-BULBS
CHAPTER VII
PROPAGATION BY DIVISION
PROPAGATION BY DIVISION
CHAPTER VIII
WATERING EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS
WATERING TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS
WATERING EPIPHYTAL ORCHIDS
WATERING TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS
CHAPTER IX
MANURES FOR ORCHIDS
MANURES FOR ORCHIDS
CHAPTER X
RESTING ORCHIDS
RESTING ORCHIDS
CHAPTER XI
SPECIALLY RARE AND VALUABLE PLANTS
SPECIALLY RARE AND VALUABLE PLANTS
CHAPTER XII
DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS
SCALE INSECTS
MEALY BUG
COCKROACHES
SLUGS, SNAILS, AND WOODLICE
DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS
SCALE INSECTS
MEALY BUG
COCKROACHES
SLUGS, SNAILS, AND WOODLICE
CHAPTER XIII
PERIODICAL INSPECTION
PERIODICAL INSPECTION
CHAPTER XIV
ORCHIDS FOR THE CONSERVATORY
ORCHIDS FOR THE CONSERVATORY
CHAPTER XV
ORCHIDS AS CUT FLOWERS
ORCHIDS AS CUT FLOWERS
CHAPTER XVI
IMPORTING ORCHIDS
IMPORTING ORCHIDS
CHAPTER XVII
TREATMENT OF IMPORTED ORCHIDS
TREATMENT OF IMPORTED ORCHIDS
CHAPTER XVIII
ODOURS OF ORCHIDS
ODOURS OF ORCHIDS
CHAPTER XIX
HYBRIDISING AND RAISING SEEDLING ORCHIDS
SEED SOWING
SELECTION OF SUBJECTS FOR HYBRIDISING
POTTING MATERIAL FOR HYBRID ORCHIDS
HYBRIDISING AND RAISING SEEDLING ORCHIDS
SEED SOWING
SELECTION OF SUBJECTS FOR HYBRIDISING
POTTING MATERIAL FOR HYBRID ORCHIDS
CHAPTER XX
ENUMERATION OF THE PRINCIPAL GENERA AND SPECIES IN CULTIVATION
ENUMERATION OF THE PRINCIPAL GENERA AND SPECIES IN CULTIVATION
CHAPTER XXI
ORCHID HYBRIDS
ORCHID HYBRIDS
INDEX
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