Orchids for everyone . ings, they are not easily convincedthat the flower you show them is really an Orchid. Very slowly does this idea die; indeed, it seems to be sodeeply seated in the minds of many well-educated people that theywill hardly be persuaded that Anthuriums, Tillandsias, Vriesias,Nepenthes, and some other curious plants are not Orchids, whilethey find it hard to believe Cymbidium eburneum, LycasteSkinnerii, Disa grandiflora, and Phaius grandifolius areOrchids. Happily, since glass houses have become so cheap, andmodern heating apparatus ,has so greatly reduced the cost ofheating,
Orchids for everyone . ings, they are not easily convincedthat the flower you show them is really an Orchid. Very slowly does this idea die; indeed, it seems to be sodeeply seated in the minds of many well-educated people that theywill hardly be persuaded that Anthuriums, Tillandsias, Vriesias,Nepenthes, and some other curious plants are not Orchids, whilethey find it hard to believe Cymbidium eburneum, LycasteSkinnerii, Disa grandiflora, and Phaius grandifolius areOrchids. Happily, since glass houses have become so cheap, andmodern heating apparatus ,has so greatly reduced the cost ofheating, Orchids have advanced in popular estimation. More-over, the frequency with which Orchids are displayed at theregular exhibitions in London and Manchester, and at the leadingprovincial shows in the United Kingdom; in Paris, Ghent,Brussels, and Berlin on the Continent; and in Boston and NewYork in America, has drawn attention to their wondrous beauty,merit, and interest, their great diversity of form, colour, and p < H u INTRODUCTION 3 and also to the ease with which many of them may be cultivatedby amateur and professional grower alike. The brilliant hues of Orchid blooms, the exquisite colourcombinations so many of them present, and, above all, the grace andlongevity of the flowers have done more than anything elseto make Orchids popular. The further fact that many of themost desirable species are not more expensive than the best varietiesof hardy florists flowers has induced hosts of amateurs to trytheir luck with a few Odontoglossums, Cypripediums, Coelogynes,Lycastes, or Cymbidiums, and with great success. Friends havefound to their surprise that many of these Orchids may be grownin a glass house where the minimum winter temperature is notlower than 40° Fahr., and so they have been interested and thecult still further extended. The huge importations of many of our most beautiful andpopular Orchids that arrived about twenty years or so ago gavea great fillip to t
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