THE 



ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL 



CONTAINING BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS 

 OP 



UPWARDS X OF FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY 

 ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS, 



TOGETHER WITH 



NOTICES OF THEIR TIMES OF FLOWERING AND MOST APPROVED MODES OF TREATMENT 



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.B.H.S., 



PARADISE NURSERY, HOLLOW AY, LONDON, N. ; 



AUTHOR OF "HINTS ON THE CULTIVATION OF FERNS," &c., <fec. 



SECOND EDITION. 



LONDON : 

 CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY. 



1862. 



