Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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46281But if so, it may well be asked, how came it to pass that it was never recognized?
46281Habitat in MEXICO(?).
46281_ A very stately plant._ PSEUDOBULBS_ ovate- oblong compressed, 2 or 3 inches long, 1( or?
17155Could I often get an established plant of_ Cattleya Mossiæ_ in flower for 4s.?
17155It was rather dear, was n''t it?
17155Alberti- Edwardi_, which has a broad soft margin of gold about its stately petals?
17155But is it impossible that the explanation appears to fail only because we can not yet push it far enough?
17155Do blackbirds and thrushes eat young frogs?
17155He feels an interest in his wares, as who would not that dealt in objects of the extremest beauty and fascination?
17155How many hybrids have we now, established, and passing from hand to hand as freely as natural species?
17155How should a plant thrive better under artificial conditions than in the spot where Nature placed it?
17155If so much could be done under such circumstances, what may rightly be called difficult in the cultivation of orchids?
17155It furnishes material for cheering meditations on a Sunday morning-- is that a trifle?
17155Suppose that we behold, in this nineteenth century, a mere epoch, or stage, in the ceaseless evolution?
17155The auctioneer exclaims,"Does anybody want any_ crispums_?"
17155There are books enough to inform them, certainly; but who reads an Orchid Book?
17155Those experienced persons glanced at it and said,"Very nice, but have n''t you an_ Odontoglossum coeleste_ to show?"
17155What do?"
17155What was this?
17155Who could have expected to see an Oncidium buried in long grass, exposed to the full power of a tropic sun?
17155Why not raise to a comfortable level all parts of the area over which I had need to bend?
17155delectabile_--ivory white, tinged with rose, strikingly blotched with red and showing a golden labellum?
32205''And all incidental expenses?
32205''Are there any white ones among them?''
32205''Are they poisonous?''
32205''By the bye,''said that gentleman,''are you aware that Mr. Blank started this morning in the direction of Tovar?''
32205''Did you arrest him?''
32205''Feed the father?''
32205''For hunting?''
32205''How much?''
32205''How will you get them?''
32205''I told you they was rum chaps, did n''t I?
32205''In the cellar?
32205''Is there a village in the neighbourhood where they treat their cocks as you do, and could you make a match for next Sunday?
32205''Is there any danger?''
32205''Is this mine?
32205''Is this-- is this mine?''
32205''Say, Mis''r George, you tell nobody-- honour bright?-not nobody?''
32205''So in November last year some hundreds or thousands of a remarkable orchid were offered at Protheroe''s under the title"L. pumila(?)."
32205''Well, you will pay me the fifty dollars promised?''
32205''Well,''he said,''what will you give me?''
32205''What are these Cattleyas?''
32205''What did they do with it?''
32205''What have the orchids done to him?''
32205''What is that?''
32205''What shall we pay?''
32205''What sort of a thing is it, after all?
32205''What your matter, sir?''
32205''Which way has the villain gone?
32205''Why?''
32205''Will you buy the Cattleya?''
32205''You are on bad terms with the Cura?''
32205''You say nugget, hey?''
32205''You took it from Ahtan?''
32205And can I get Dyaks?''
32205As for the rest--_quien sabe_?
32205Before going further, Oversluys asked whether the orchids were white?
32205But in that bloody realm of Brunei to whom should a wise man complain?
32205But suppose the enemy used this device to ensnare him?
32205But what can be said in a few lines?
32205But what is the use?
32205But who would climb the church roof in the dark?
32205Can you lead us round to the other side?
32205Could one of the three parents named supply this colour?
32205D''you call yourself a gore- stained British seaman, Forster?
32205D''you think you can hide this from the fetich?
32205Did his brother know where it was?
32205Does it not seem to follow that man should rise to his highest level there?
32205Every hearer asked, of course, how the race could avoid extinction under such circumstances?
32205He asked his brother how he was regarded?
32205He asked whether it could possibly be worth while to quarrel with these customers for the sake of a very few dollars?
32205He was looking for orchids, however, and who could have expected to find an Oncidium buried among herbage in the open ground?
32205Horrible, is n''t it?''
32205How did they do it?''
32205How should a white flower be there?
32205I say, what will you give for a dozen?''
32205I say, what''ll old Cutter look like when he sees_ that_?''
32205In short, could Mr. Spicer give him a''job''?
32205In short, here was a fortune for the gathering-- and what terms would Mr. Brown offer him?
32205Is it not so?''
32205Is it unreasonable then to believe, as was said, that orchids were designed at their inception to comfort the elect in this anxious age?
32205Is that how they do there?
32205It will not be counted against me for a sin, brother?''
32205Mine?
32205Must we admit, then, that a Dendrobium of the Himalayas( crystallinum) does not differ generically from an Epidendrum of Mexico( radicans)?
32205Now will you show me your huaco?''
32205Now, you will give me a trifle for my poor?''
32205Opinions?
32205See?
32205That mysterious spot on the hills?
32205The Cura, an amiable veteran, did not doubt that she had been carried off by force; was not this girl the most devout and dutiful in the parish?
32205The sagacious reader will begin to ask by this time what are the disadvantages to set against all these merits?
32205The white man wanted them for medicine?
32205There was a moment''s silence for thought; then the president, gravely:''You, Carib Sam, what you say?''
32205Was it a real good placer, with nuggets in it?--how much had they pouched, and was the game likely to last?
32205Well, two of these fellows have married-- one, a Potato, has married the Stomach of a pig----''''Eh?''
32205What boon granted to mankind stands in like case?
32205What could tempt a French captain to the Atlantic shore of Costa Rica?
32205What did the Cacique do with his nosegay since he was not allowed to deposit it on the altar?
32205What do we do wrong?''
32205What follows?
32205What possessed you?''
32205What sort of flower was it?
32205What sort of man is your Padre?''
32205What''s the good?
32205Where you think Ahtan?''
32205Why should a people living as do these restrict the number of their children?
32205Why should they limit the family?
32205Would the Tuan object to this little speculation?
32205Yes?
32205You did n''t get''em all to- day?''
32205You hear?''
32205You pay?''
32205You says, mine, sir?
32205You understand?
32205cried Arnold,''is he here?''
32205got any weeds to sell?