An "Introduction to orchidology." Gives references to colored 

 plates in many orchid books. Glossary. 



Burbidge, Frederick William 



Cool orchids and how to grow them; with a descriptive list of all 



the best species in cultivation. 



London, 1874. Hardwicke, 160 p., illus., col. pi. 18 cm. cl. 



Miner, Harriet Stewart 



Orchids, the royal family of plants 



Boston, 1885. Lee & Shepherd, 90 p., col. pi. 36 cm. cl 

 Heavy plate paper. Fine colored plates. 



Speechly, William 



A Treatise on the Culture of the Pineapple and the Management 

 of the Hot-House; together with a description of every species of 

 Insect that infest Hot-Houses, with effectual methods of destroying 

 them, ed. 2 with additions. 



York, 1796. Printed for the Author. . .by G. Peacock, xvi&197 p., 

 engr.. plates (part fold.) 22 cm. % lea. (original) 

 Outside title reads Speechly's Hot House. 



Contains several plans for the construction and heating appa- 

 ratus of the hot-house. 



Directions for the construction of hot-houses are contained in 

 Downing's "Treatise" and other books. 



PLANT STUDY 



"Once in a golden hour 



I cast to earth a seed. 

 Up there came a flower, 



The people said, a weed." 



"The Flower" Tenuysou. 



Bailey, F. M, 



A companion for the Queensland student of plant life. 

 Brisbane, 1893. Govt. ptg. ofc, 108 p. 22 cm. % lea. 



Consists in large part of a "glossary of botanic terms, their 

 explanation and application, functions of the various organs, etc." 



Balfour, John Hutton 



The plants of the Bible; trees and shrubs. 



London, 1857. T. Nelson & sons, iv&54 p.,. col. pi. 25 cm. cl. 



Many colored plates. General descriptions and often genera 

 and species, are given, as well as Biblical allusions. 



Beck, Lewis C. 



Botany of the northern and middle states; or a description of the 

 plants" found in the United States, north of Virginia; arranged ac- 

 cording to the natural system, with a synopsis of the genera accord- 

 ing to the Linnaean system — a sketch of the rudiments of botany, 

 and a glossary of terms. 



Albany, 1833. Webster & Skinners, 463 p. 19 cm. lea. 

 Botanical colored plates. (Excerpt from Encyclopedia Londoniensis. 

 London, 1799. 15 fine colored plates'. 29i/^ cm. % suede. 



Brown, Robert 



The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown. (Publications 



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