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The orchid grower's manual : containing descriptions of upwards of nine hundred and thirty species and varieties of orchidaceous plants : together with notices of their times of flowering, and most approved modes of treatment : also, plain and practical instructions relating to the general culture of orchids : remarks on the heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and rest best suited to the several species
by Benjamin Samuel Williams
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Published at Victoria and Paradise nurseries, Upper Holloway, London; Williams, 1877. 5th ed. enl. and rev. Hardcover. Good. [Orchidology] Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt orchid on front. Hardcover. Gutter cracked. A few signatures sprung. xi, 336 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (many folded) : color frontispiece; 20 cm. <br> Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman. According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener.
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- The orchid grower's manual : containing descriptions of upwards of nine hundred and thirty species and varieties of orchidaceous plants : together with notices of their times of flowering, and most approved modes of treatment : also, plain and practical instructions relating to the general culture of orchids : remarks on the heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and rest best suited to the several species
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- Benjamin Samuel Williams
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- Hardcover
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- 5th ed. enl. and rev
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- Published at Victoria and Paradise nurseries, Upper Holloway, London; Williams
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- 1877
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- Gutter
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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