Benjamin Samuel Williams

Also known as B.S. Williams, B.S.Williams

English orchidologist and nurseryman in London (1824-1890)

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Select ferns and lycopods
[Select orchidaceous plants
Select orchidaceous plants
The orchid-growers manual, containing brief descriptions of upwards of eight hundred species and varieties of orchidaceous plants
Choice stove and greenhouse flowering plants

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“The finest example of a tropical conservatory we ever saw is the one at , the property of , at the time we saw it the plants were in excellent condition, reflecting great credit on Mr. Speed, the head gardener; the fine s and s give it a splendid tropical effect, and the beauties of all are considerably enhanced by a gallery, which thus enables the visitor to inspect the plants above and below, and no large plant house should be erected without a structure of this kind.”
“     Onc. Barkerii.—A remarkably handsome dwarf Orchid from Mexico; the flowers are very large; the sepals and petals rich brown barred with yellow; the lip a bright yellow, about an inch and a half across. It produces its branching spikes of flower during the dull months of winter, which greatly enhances it value, and it lasts six weeks in bloom.”

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