Primarily this book is an adventure in orchids, an experience you are invited to share.

The superstitions and legends about orchids have scared many gardeners away from them and have made orchid culture seem an impossible dream for amateurs. But in recent years study and experiment have shown that orchids are an integral part of the plant world, amenable to home and garden culture just as any other plant.

The authors frankly acknowledge indebtedness to many books, including as yet unpublished works of scientists. Much experimental work by amateurs has been checked and results confirmed.

Gratitude is here expressed to Mrs. L. Sherman Adams, of Wellesley, Massachusetts; and Hugh Evans, of Los Angeles, California, for valuable suggestions; and to Better Homes and Gardens magazine for permission to reprint the article, "Grow Orchids in Your Living Room."

We wish to point out that in this book we have broken with tradition in favor of frankness and have reduced complexity to simplicity. We have written this book to be one that you can apply at home. It is our belief that the continuing and increasing enjoyment of orchids lies with the part-time gardener whose ambition is not above a dozen well-grown plants.

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