7

A LEGEND OF ROEZL 17

THE CATTLEYA HOUSE--_Continued_ 25

A STORY OF CATTLEYA BOWRINGIANA 37

A STORY OF CATTLEYA MOSSIAE 45

CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE 53

STORY OF CATTLEYA SKINNERI ALBA 59

THE PHALAENOPSIS HOUSE 67

STORY OF VANDA SANDERIANA 71

STORY OF PHALAENOPSIS SANDERIANA 79

HYBRID CATTLEYAS AND LAELIAS 87

A LEGEND OF MADAGASCAR 99

LAELIA PURPURATA 107

STORY OF DENDROBIUM SCHROeDERIANUM 113

STORY OF DENDROBIUM LOWII 121

CALANTHE HOUSE 129

STORY OF COELOGYNE SPECIOSA 135

CATTLEYA LABIATA HOUSE 143

A STORY OF BRASSAVOLA DIGBYANA 151

LYCASTES, SOBRALIAS, AND ANGULOAS 159

STORY OF SOBRALIA KIENASTIANA 163

THE CYPRIPEDIUM HOUSE 171

STORY OF CYPRIPEDIUM CURTISII 183

CYPRIPEDIUMS--_Continued_ 191

STORY OF CYPRIPEDIUM PLATYTAENIUM 205

STORY OF CYPRIPEDIUM SPICERIANUM 213

THE COOL HOUSE 221

STORY OF ODONTOGLOSSUM HARRYANUM 229

MASDEVALLIAS 237

ONCIDIUMS 239

STORY OF ONCIDIUM SPLENDIDUM 241

LAELIA JONGHEANA 249

STORY OF BULBOPHYLLUM BARBIGERUM 253

INDEX 261

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Zygo-Colax, Woodlands variety _Frontispiece_

Laelia elegans cyanthus _To face page_ 16

" " Macfarlanei " 24

Cattleya Trianae Measuresiae " 35

" Schroderae Miss Mary Measures " 52

Cypripedium insigne Sanderae " 57

Laelia grandis tenebrosa, Walton Grange var. " 86

Cattleya labiata Measuresiana " 142

Lycaste Skinneri R. H. Measures " 160

Cypripedium William Lloyd " 182

" Rothwellianum " 190

" reticulatum, var. Bungerothi " 204

" Dr. Ryan " 219

Odontoglossum Rossii, Woodlands variety " 228

" x Harryano-crispum