232 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
The Orchid Grower’s Manual. By. Benjamin Samuel Williams, F.L.S., 
F.R.H.S. Seventh edition, enlarged and revised.to the present time. 
By Henry Williams, F.L.S., F,R.H.S. Super royal, 8vo, pp. 796, 
with numerous illustrations. London, B.S. Williams and Son, 
- Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, N.- . 
When a book has reached its seventh edition there is little need to say 
anything in its favour, and that is the proud position in which the modest 
little Orchid Grower's Manual of 1852 now finds itself—a handsome volume 
of. nearly eight hundred pages in super royal octavo, with over three 
hundred illustrations. The contents of the work are well known, and as 
the present edition is brought down to date by the addition of the numerous 
novelties which have appeared during the last nine years, it forms a 
thoroughly reliable volume for the Orchid grower of the present day. The 
additional space required is largely provided for by an increase in the size 
of the page, by which the work has still been kept within the limits of a 
single volume. We note the addition of a list of botanical works referred 
to, and the omission of the chapter on Greenhouse and Frame Orchids, 
though the loss is more apparent than real, as the information is for the 
most part embodied in the work itself. A few more improvements might 
have been introduced in the nomenclature. The numerous hybrids between 
Lelia and Cattleya are now classed under Lelio-cattleya, in accordance 
with the modern system of naming generic hybrids, but Lelia Boothiana 
still stands as Cattleya lobata, and Lelia crispa and pumila only find their 
correct names in the ‘‘ Corrigenda,”’ where they are apt to be overlooked. 
These, however, are only cases of the persistence of old names after their 
real position has been pointed out, and the same may besaid of Uropedium, 
which is now known to be an abnormal state of Selenipedium caudatum, 
whose characters have become fixed. Lindley’s mistake with regard to 
Phalznopsis amabilis might, however, have been corrected, and in any 
case “ Java, Amboyna, Philippine Islands” is incorrect, for the Philippine 
plant is different from that of Java and Amboyna. The cultural directions 
given are sound and practical—in fact, the Orchid Grower’s Manual has 
been one of the most potent factors in the extension of Orchid culture, 
and in its present form will prove as useful as ever. 
Les Orchidées Exotiques et leur Culture en Europe. By Lucien Linden. Large 
8vo, pp. Iorg, with 141 engravings. Brussels, L. Linden, 100, Rue 
Our Belgian friends have long been enthusiastic cultivators of Orchids, 
and now they have an adequate text-book on the subject, worthy to rank 
beside our own excellent works. The volume before us contains over a 
