THE 



OECHID-GEOWEK'S MANUAL, 



CONTAINING 



§mf g^smptioits oi xx^bmh ai (gir(Ijt punbitb Spends anb 

 i'ari^&s 0f ®rrljik«0us plants ; 



TuGETHER WITH 



NOTICES OF THEIR TIMES OF FLOWERING, AND MOST APPROVED MODES OF TREAT3IENT ; 



ALSO, PLAIN AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE GENERAL 



CULTURE OF ORCHIDS ; AND REMARKS ON THE HEAT, 



MOISTURE, SOIL, AND SEASONS OF GROWTH 



AND REST BEST SUITED TO THE 



SEVERAL SPECIES. 



BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.E.H.S., 



[uthor of" Select Ferns and Lycopods," " Choice Stove and G?'eenhovse Floicering Plants^ 

 " Choice Stove and Greenhouse Ornamental-leaved Plants" d'c, &c. 



FOURTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND REVISED. .A>TAH»*^'-^ 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED AT YICTOEIA AND PAEADISE NUKSERIES, 

 UPPER HOLLOW AY, N. 



IS'7'1. 



