THE 



ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL, 



CONTAINING 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BEST SPECIES AND VARIETIES 

 OF ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS IN CULTIVATION ; 



TOGETHER WITH 



NOTICES OP THEIE TIMES OP FLOWBKING, AND MOST APPKOVED MODES OP TBEATMENT ; 



ALSO, PLAIN AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS RELATING TO THE GENERAL 



CULTUBB OP ORCHIDS ; AND REMARKS ON THE HEAT, MOISTURE, 



SOIL, SEASONS OP GROWTH AND OP REST BEST 



SUITED TO THE SEVERAL SPECIES 



AND VARIETIES. 



BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.L.S., E.E.H.S., 



Author of '' The Ovohid Albii/m," " Select Ferns and Lycopods" " Choice Stove and 



Greenhouse Flowering Plants" " Choice Stove and Greenhouse 



Oriiamental-leaved Plants" S;c. <f-c. 



SEVENTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND REVISED TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



BY 



HENRY WILLIAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., 



Author of " The Orchid Album." 



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LONDON: 



PUBLISHED AT VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, 

 UPPER HOLLOWAY, LONDON, N. 



1894. 



