. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. There is no branch of gardening that has made more rapid progress during the last half century than the cultivation of Orchids. With the facilitated steamship passage afforded by the present day, these gems of the forest may be translated in as many days as it used to take months ; and, by the means at disposal, after they arrive in this country, they are brought practically to the doors of our glasshouses for an outlay of less shillings than it would have cost pounds a few years ago. This increased facility, combine
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. There is no branch of gardening that has made more rapid progress during the last half century than the cultivation of Orchids. With the facilitated steamship passage afforded by the present day, these gems of the forest may be translated in as many days as it used to take months ; and, by the means at disposal, after they arrive in this country, they are brought practically to the doors of our glasshouses for an outlay of less shillings than it would have cost pounds a few years ago. This increased facility, combined with better-arranged houses and the enlightenment of the grower, especially in the art of hybridisation, has led to the present popularity of the most interesting class of plants that Nature has presented to man. The principal draw- backs to the further and more general cultivation of Orchids are the utterly erroneous ideas that the initial expense is so great, that after the plants have been procured they require very special conditions under which to grow, and that a man with a special practical knowledge of their culture is indispensable. It is easy to refute the first of these objections by simply stating the fact that a selection of plants of the very finest species may be procured from any respectable nurseryman or at the weekly auction sales for the same sum that would purchase a collection. 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 Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
Size: 1952px × 1280px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjec, booksubjectgardening
