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The Woodlands orchids, described and illustrated

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The Woodlands orchids, described and illustrated

Frederick Boyle and James Laird MacFarlane

261 pages~5 hr 12 min read55 chapters$4.99
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Behind every rare orchid on an English windowsill lay a collector's dangerous journey into distant jungles. Frederick Boyle describes prized orchids and tells tales of the men who hunted them across fever-ridden forests. Part horticulture, part adventure, all obsession. Enter the extravagant, cutthroat world of Victorian orchid collecting and the flowers it prized.

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55 chapters

  1. 1THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS
  2. 2THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS
  3. 3DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH STORIES OF ORCHID-COLLECTING
  4. 4FREDERICK BOYLE
  5. 5Author of ‘Camp Notes,’ ‘Legends of My Bungalow,’ ‘About Orchids, A Chat,’ etc, etc, etc.
  6. 6COLOURED PLATES BY J. L. MACFARLANE, F.R.H.S.
  7. 7London MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1901 All rights reserved
  8. 8CONTENTS
  9. 9LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  10. 10HOW THE COLLECTION WAS FORMED
  11. 11THE CATTLEYA HOUSE
  12. 12A LEGEND OF ROEZL
  13. 13THE CATTLEYA HOUSE
  14. 14Cattleya Mendelii
  15. 15Cattleya Bowringiana
  16. 16Cattleya Mossiae
  17. 17Cattleya Gaskelliana
  18. 18FIFTH DIVISION

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