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ORCHID LITERATURE. 



THE literature of Orchids is extensive but wide'y scattered through 

 botanical works, and the number of books devoted to the fami'y is not so 

 large as might be imagined. In the following list I have included all I 

 could gain any information about, also giving the titles of the principal 

 works containing coloured plates of Orch.1 s. Many woodcut illustrations 

 have also appeared in the horticultural periodicals, and a great many 

 species have been described by Reicbenbach in the Gardeners' Chronicle. 

 The chief authority for the genera is Lindley, whose characte s are 

 accepted for 114 out of ihe 334 genera enumerated in Hooker and Bentham's 

 " Genera Plantarum." Whilst Lindley was editor of Edwards' "Botanical 

 Register " many Orchids were figured and described in that work. Bate- 

 man's, Lindley's, and Warner's works are magnificent productions, but 

 necessarily very costly. 



Aubert du Petit- Thouars. "Histoire des Orchid6es des trois lies 

 d'Afrique." Paris, 1822. 4to. 



Baldwin, Henry. " Orchids of New England." 4to, sixty-two illustra- 

 tions. United States, America. 



Bateman. J "Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants." Royal 4^o, 

 100 coloured plates from Curtis's "Botanic 1 Magazine." London, 1861-70. 

 ' Monograph of Odontoglossum." Thirty co:onred plates and wood en- 

 gravings. Imperial folio. London. 1864-74. ' Orchidaceae of Mexico and 

 Guatemala." Elephant folio. Londor., 1837-43. 



Bauer, Franz, and Notes by J. Liadky. " Illustrations of Orehideoua 

 Plants," London, 1830-33. Folio. 



Beer, J. G. " Praktische Studien an der Familie der Orchideen." 

 Vienna, 1854. 8vo. 



Bentham, G. Pages 281-360, "Notes on Orchidese, ' Journal of the 

 Linnean Society, vol. xviii. 1881. 



Bentham, <?., and Hooker, J. D. "Orchids." "Genera Plantarum," 

 vol. iii., part 2, pp. 460-636. 334 genera. London, 1883. 



Breda. "Geneva et Species Orchidearum et Asclepiadearum Javae." 

 Folio. 1827 (PritzeK 



Britten, J., and W. H. Gower. " Orchids for Amateurs." London, 1878. 

 8vo. 



Blume." Collection des Orchidees les plus remarquabks de 1'Archipel 

 Indien." Paris, 1864. Folio. "Flora Javse. series nova, Orchideaa." Folio. 

 1858. " Javaanische Orcbideen." Batavia, 1825. Folio. 



Brook $ Co. 1 ' Descriptive Catalogue of the Fairfield Orchids." 8vo. 

 1872. 



Burbidge, F. W." Cool Orchids, and How to Grow Them." London. 

 Three coloured plates, crown 8vo. 1874. 



Castle, Lewis. " Orchids, Structure and History." 18 Q 5. Second 

 edition, " Structure, History and Culture." 1386. London. Crown 8vo. 



Curtis's Botanical Magazine. London, 1786 to the present time. 6872 

 plates. Published monthly. 



Darwin, Charles." Fertilisation of Orchids." London. Fir^t edition 

 1862. 8vo. Second edition 1877. 8vo. 



