WORKS BY B. S. WILLIAMS, FLS, F.RHS. 
**Mr, WruraMs has long been known as one of our best and most successful plant growers.” —Gardeners’ Chronicle, 
**Mr, Witit1AMs’ skill as a plant cultivator is well and widely known.”—Jours "—Journal of Horticulture. 
THE ORCHID-GROWERS MANUAL 
6th EDITION, ENLARGED AND REVISED. 
BENJAMIN SAMUEL woe IAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., 
Author of ‘‘ The Orchid Album,” ‘‘ Select ~~ ne Lycopods,”’ ‘* Choice Stove and — Flowering Plants,” ‘‘ Choice Stove and 
enhouse eG ree Plants,” 
Post 8vo., Cloth, price 15s.; Free by Parcel Post, 15s. 6d. 
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PAGE AND DOUBLE-PAGE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, 
TOGETHER WITH BLOCKS ILLUSTRATIVE OF TYPES OF THE VARIOUS GENERA. 
The first edition of this ais was published thirty -six years ago, and ever since its a amass it has been considered to 
be the Orchid-Growers’ Text s is evinced by the numerous letters we are constantly receiving from all parts of the 
world, wherein our corr Dcsiate ate that the ‘* Orchid-Growers’ Manual has been their only book of reference and constant 
friend in the cultivation of these plan 
This popular work has been Tee remodelled and revised up to the present time, and has been enlarged to 659 pages. 
It contains descriptions of upwards of 1470 species and varieties of Orchidaceous plants, together with 478 synonyms; also 
authorities for the names, the families to which the various genera belong, me i aahtapies period, native country, and references 
figures. In addition to this, chapters on the following subjects are given 
Habitats of Tropical Orchids On Making Orchid Baskets Heating of Orehid Houses 
Season for Collecting Orchids Potting Epiphytal Orchids Ventilation of hye org 
Hints on Collecting Orchids Potting Terrestrial we of Orchid 
Risks of Collecting ds Mode of Inducing back Growth. Growing Specimen Orchids for Exhi- 
Orchid Treatment during Growth Watering Orchids | ition 
Orchid Treatment during Propagatio 0 Treatment Preparatory to a 
Adaptation - Treatment to Surrounding Raising Orchids from Seeds Packing Orchids for Exhibitio 
ndition Orchids tor Room Decoration Insects and other Enemies 
Treatment of Newly-Im — Plants Construction of Orchid Houses Diseases of Orchids 
Treatment of Plants in Bloo’ Glazing of Orchid Houses Greenhouse and Frame Orchids. 
—* in all the most complete work on Orchids ever published, 
PUBLISHED BY 5. — Vit AMS  & SON. 
VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
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