This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
High Priced Palms and Uncanny Plants of a Greenhouse
Special correspondence describes rare greenhouse treasures valued at hundreds or thousands. Notes include Britchardia grandii once sold for $600, rare spiny auricarias and Dioon spinulosum, stag horn ferns, nepenthes pitcher plants, and orchids with prices from hundreds to $5,000. It explains buyer interest, rarity, and the orchid craze as collectors chase unique specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aworth
South Sea
Chicago Fair
Tropics
Norfolk Island
Archimedes
Borneo
Java
India
Holland
Catteleyas
Colombia
Iires