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‘*Mr. WititAms’ skill as a plant cultivator is well and widely known.”—Journal of Horticulture. 
THE ORcHID-GROowERS MANUAL 
6th EDITION, ENLARGED AND REVISED 
BENJAMIN SAMUEL LL peresmiaa Hins.; FF R-S., 
Author of ‘* The Orchid Album,” ‘‘ Select - bie Lycopods,” ‘‘ Choice Stove and Gasenhowes Flowering Plants,” ‘‘ Choice Stove and 
enhouse Ornamental- roll "Plante x 
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 ae bs was published thirty-six years ago, and ever since its publication it has been considered to 
be the ~occeae debe Tex as is evince e numerous letters we are constantly receiving from all parts of the 
world, wherein our corres lan ’state that the “ Orchid-Growers’ Manual has beak their only book of reference and constant 
friend in the Mahiieing of these plants. 
This AS oom work has been eg remodelled and revised up to the present time, and has been enlarged to 659 pages. 
0 scriptions of upwards of 1470 species and varieties of Orchidaceous plan nts, together with 478 synonyms; also 
authorities for ie names, the families to which the various genera belong, the Divides. period, native country, and references 
to fi I ition to this, chapters on the following subjects are given : 
Habitats of Topi Orchids On Making Orchid Baskets Heating of Orchid Houses 
Season for Collecting Orchids Potting Epiphytal Orchids Ventilation of Meas —— 
Hints on Collecting ¢ Orchids Potting Terrestrial Orchids Shading of Orchid H 
Risks of Collecting Orchi Mode of Inducing back Growth Growing Specimen Orchids for Exhi- 
Orchid Treatment during Growth Watering Orchids — 
Orchid Treatment during Propagation of Orchids Treatment Preparatory to eames 
gg Aer ‘y Treatment to Surrounding | Raising Orchids from Seeds Pa sii ‘Orchid for Exhibiti 
mn Orchids tor Room Decoration —— and 
Theathiont of Newly-Im — Plants Construction of Orchid Houses = s of Orchi 
Treatment of Plants in Bloo: Glazing of Orchid Houses Geunshanne and Frame Orchids. 
Making in all the most complete work on Orchids ever published. 
PUBLISHED BY B. S. WILLIAMS & SON, 
VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 
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