The American annual of photography . ^REEMHOUSE PHOTOQRAPHT BY WILLIAM S. RI^E. RCHIDS have always had a great fascination forme, and it has been my good fortune to possesstwo friends who are enthusiastic collectors ofthese aristocrats of the floral kingdom, thus en-abling me to make numerous studies of theserare, fragile and tttled foreigners whenever the plants have been at their best. One cannot help but love these varied forms of floral aris-tocracy, and a strange fascination instinctively takes hold ofone as he is ushered into the greenhouse from the cold, invig-orating air of out-of-door
The American annual of photography . ^REEMHOUSE PHOTOQRAPHT BY WILLIAM S. RI^E. RCHIDS have always had a great fascination forme, and it has been my good fortune to possesstwo friends who are enthusiastic collectors ofthese aristocrats of the floral kingdom, thus en-abling me to make numerous studies of theserare, fragile and tttled foreigners whenever the plants have been at their best. One cannot help but love these varied forms of floral aris-tocracy, and a strange fascination instinctively takes hold ofone as he is ushered into the greenhouse from the cold, invig-orating air of out-of-doors to the humid atmosphere of thetropics. For orchids not only possess gorgeous colors that arethe despair of the painter to reproduce, but the perfume ex-haled by a single cluster of blossoms is enough to scent theentire greenhouse. With the excessive humidity and the 20
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