. Strolls by starlight and sunshine;. Natural history. mSK0 :â â â f. ^ tes i, |:| f:" - _ 't -: - - URING a recent visit to England I devoted a whole day to a stroll through those glazed acres of the famous London conservatories. After walking in sensuous delight through miles of perfumed bowers and all manner of won- drous floral luxuriance, I was at length invited, as a special cour- tesy, to view what I was assured would prove the climax of inter- est and beauty, the reigning sensation in the way of an " orchid ; Following my guide, I soon entered the " propagati
. Strolls by starlight and sunshine;. Natural history. mSK0 :â â â f. ^ tes i, |:| f:" - _ 't -: - - URING a recent visit to England I devoted a whole day to a stroll through those glazed acres of the famous London conservatories. After walking in sensuous delight through miles of perfumed bowers and all manner of won- drous floral luxuriance, I was at length invited, as a special cour- tesy, to view what I was assured would prove the climax of inter- est and beauty, the reigning sensation in the way of an " orchid ; Following my guide, I soon entered the " propagating- house," wherein are born into the world every year those hun- dreds of hapless nondescripts against which Nature protests in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York, Harper & brothers
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