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About Orchids
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Title: About Orchids A Chat
Author: Frederick Boyle
Release Date: November 26, 2005 [EBook #17155]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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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.
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
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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