Another Book Question.

[AlexS]

Hi,

I would like to ask if anyone can give me some information on The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids, it is an old book (1902 I believe) available as a reprint. Whilst I know that it is available for free on a number of sites, as someone who was dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century I much prefer to own physical copies of books, which brings me to my query; the only review on Amazon.co.uk states that the book is worthless because many of the pages are blank, however the reviewer doesn't expand on this. If anyone has a copy of the actual book could they tell me if the text is complete, or whether the copying is so bad actual parts of the text are blank/ illegible?

Kindest regards,
Alex

[Orchid Whisperer]

If you have an old and large local library, I would not be surprised if they had a copy of this book (Hint: I think there is a rather large university in your area that would have such a library, and would likely have the book!)

Be cautious following any orchid growing advice from a book published in 1902. A lot of what was "commonly known" about growing orchids back then was completely wrong.

[Leafmite]

I like to buy hard copies of books that I really like but if it is free online, that is a great opportunity to see what you would be getting before buying.

[rbarata]

Easy...here