Garden & Homestead
About Orchids, a Chat
Frederick Boyle · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
6h 0m$1.99
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Orchids were once the obsession of empires. Frederick Boyle, a Victorian collector and storyteller, sits you down for exactly what his title promises: a chat. He shares tales of plant hunters crossing jungles for a single bloom, auction rooms trembling over rare specimens, and the strange beauty that made these flowers a mania in nineteenth-century England. Along the way he passes on the practical lore of keeping orchids alive and thriving. Warm, knowing, and full of anecdote, this is garden history told fireside-style. Pull up a chair and meet the flower that drove the world wild.
Inside this audiobook
15 chapters
- 1Preface; Chapter One: My Gardening, Section 116m
- 2Chapter One: My Gardening, Sections 2 & 321m
- 3Chapter Two: An Orchid Sale24m
- 4Chapter Three: Orchids26m
- 5Chapter Four: Cool Orchids, Section 131m
- 6Chapter Four: Cool Orchids, Section 229m
- 7Chapter Five: Warm Orchids, Section 125m
- 8Chapter Five: Warm Orchids,Section 226m
- 9Chapter Six: Hot Orchids, Section 128m
- 10Chapter Six: Hot Orthids, Section 224m
- 11Chapter Seven: The Lost Orchid14m
- 12Chapter Eight: An Orchid Farm, Section 122m
- 13Chapter Eight: An Orchid Farm, Section 219m
- 14Chapter Nine: Orchids and Hybridizing, Section 128m
- 15Chapter Nine: Orchids and Hybridizing, Section 228m
