Orchids are very expensive, because they cannot be readily propagated so as to give good plants in a reasonable time. They are, therefore, mostly imported from their native haunts. It has been discovered that one choice kind, Phalaenopsis, may be increased by root cuttings. How far this may be the case with others depends on experiment.

A Large Chrysanthemum, a French variety, Mademoiselle - well, let us say Miss - Cabrol, is represented as being between nine and ten inches across.