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THE ORCHID-GROWERS’ MANUAL 
6th EDITION, ENLARGED AND REVISED 
BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.L5, FRES., 
Author of ‘‘ The Orchid Album,” ‘ Select ~~ Eng LIycopods,” ‘* Choice Stove and oxepem Flowering Plants,” ‘‘ Choice Stove and 
enhouse Ornamental-leaved Plants, a 
Post 8vo., Cloth, price 15s.; Free by Parcel Post, 15s. 6d. 
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PAGE AND DOUBLE-PAGE ENGRAVINGS ON woop, 
TOGETHER WITH eee ILLUSTRATIVE OF TYPES OF THE VARIOUS GENERA. 
The first edition of this work was published thirty-six years ago, and ever since its publication it has been considered to 
be the Orchid-Growers’ Text Book, as is evinced by the numerous “letters we are constantly receiving from all parts of the 
world, wherein our correspondents — that the “‘ Orchid-Growers’ Manual has been their only book of reference and constant 
friend in the cultivation of these p 
Th pular work has been aa 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 wit 478 synonyms ; also 
authorities for the names, the families to which the various genera belong, the flowering period, native country, and references 
to figures. In addition to this, chapters on the following subjects are give 
Habitats of Tropical Orchids On Making Orchid Baskets Heating of Orchid Houses 
n for Collecting Orchids Potting Epiphytal Orchids Ventilation of Orchid Houses 
Hints on Collecting Orchids ] tag etc Orchids Shading of Orchid Houses 
Risks of Collecting Orchids Mode of Inducing back Growth Growing Specimen Orchids for Exhi- 
d Treatment during Growth Watering Orchids 
Orchid Treatment durin Propagation of T ent Preparatory to owe gees 
Adaptation of Treatment to Surrounding Raising Orchids rie Seeds aking Orchids for Exhibi 
nditions Orchids tor m Decoration Insects er 1 
Treatment of Newly- -Imported Plants Construction of Orchid Houses es of Orchids 
Treatment of Plants in Bloom Glazing of Orchid Houses Greenhouse and Frame Orchids. 
— in all the most complete work on Orchids ever published, 
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