Present Day Gardening: Orchids: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Present Day Gardening: Orchids, credited to James O'Brien, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Present Day Gardening: Orchids by James O'Brien. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. A meticulously written treatise on the structure, care and cultivation of orchids. This book benefits both the orchid obsessed and the amateur. The author seeks in this book to dispel the many misconceptions concerning the difficulty of growing AND cultivating orchids. Upgrade your care of these lovely flower/plants with this fascinating audiobook! - Summary by Christine Rottger

Recording facts

• Recording title: Present Day Gardening: Orchids
• Author credits: James O'Brien
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 3:07:54

Catalogue topics

• plants
• botany
• gardener
• greenhouse
• cultivation

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface and Introduction — 7:40
2. 01 - Chapter I. The Rise and Progress of Orchid Culture — 5:56
3. 02 - Chapter II. Structure of Orchid Flowers — 3:10
4. 03 - Chapter III. Difficulties to Overcome — 1:34
5. 04 - Chapter IV. Structure of the Orchid House — 19:46
6. 05 - Chapter V. The Potting and Basketing Process — 14:10
7. 06 - Chapter VI. Removing Useless Leaves and Bulbs — 5:18
8. 07 - Chapter VII. Propagation by Division — 3:20
9. 08 - Chapter VIII. Watering Epiphytal Orchids — 5:47
10. 09 - Chapter IX. Manures for Orchids — 6:10
11. 10 - Chapter X. Resting Orchids — 2:32
12. 11 - Chapter XI. Specially Rare and Valuable Plants — 2:16
13. 12 - Chapter XII. Diseases and Insect Pests — 6:24
14. 13 - Chapter XIII. Periodical Inspection — 2:48
15. 14 - Chapter XIV. Orchids for the Conservatory — 6:17
16. 15 - Chapter XV. Orchids as Cut Flowers — 4:22
17. 16 - Chapter XVI. Importing Orchids — 7:26
18. 17 - Chapter XVII. Treatment of Imported Orchids — 2:50
19. 18 - Chapter XVIII, Odours of Orchids — 3:42
20. 19 - Chapter XIX. Hybridising and Raising Seedling Orchids — 24:17
21. 20 - Chapter XX. Enumeration of the Principal Genera and Species in Cultivation — 48:32
22. 21 - Chapter XXI. Orchid Hybrids — 3:37

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