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Travels and adventures of an orchid hunter. An account of canoe and camp life in Colombia, while collecting orchids in the northern AndesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The orchid-stud book : an enumeration of hybrid orchids of artificial origin ... : with an historical introduction ... and a chapter on hybridising and raising orchids from seedAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Lilies and orchids; a series of drawings in color of some of the more interesting and beautiful species of these families, together with descriptive textAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The genus Masdevallia /issuedAuthor: the Marquess of Lothian, chiefly from plants in his collection of orchids at Newbattle Abbey ; plates and descriptions by Florence H. Woolward ; with additional notes by F.C. Lehmann.
Icones orchidearum austro-africanarum extra-tropicarum : or figures, with descriptions, of extra-tropical South African orchidsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
The orchid manual : for the cultivation of stove, greenhouse, and hardy orchids, with a calendar of monthly operations, and classified lists of speciesAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insectsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
On the elaioplasts in mono- and dicotyledonous plants. --On special cellular bodies which form Anthocyanine. --On a special cellular body found in two orchidsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
darwin, c. r. 1862. on the various contrivancesAuthor: which british and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. london: john murray. 1st ed., 1st issue.
Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plantsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
1891 fall trade catalogue of bulbs, seeds for fall planting, palms, orchids, foliage plants, hardy herbaceous perennials, implements, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
Edward Gillett's ninth annual catalogue of North American wild flowers, orchids, alpine, shrubs, aquatic, climbers and bog plants rare ferns, etc. for 1886Author: Classic Public Domain
Edward Gillett's twelfth annual catalogue of North American wild flowers, orchids, shrubs, climbers : alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, etc. for 1889Author: Classic Public Domain
James Galen's first annual catalogue of North American herbaceous plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, etc. for 1882Author: Classic Public Domain
Edward Gillett's fourth annual catalogue of North American perennial plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, &c., for 1881Author: Classic Public Domain
British orchids : Containing an exhaustive description of each species and variety, to which are added chapters on structure and other peculiarities, cultivation, fertilisation, classification, and distributionAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Quarterly trade catalogue of palms, ferns, orchids, flowering plants, stove plants, hardy perennials, seeds and bulbs, etc. etc. : April, May, June, 1895Author: Classic Public Domain
Wholesale price-current especially of California and Mexican seeds, bulbs, and plants : lilies, ferns, orchids and cacti, tree and flower seeds, palm seeds, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
Wholesale trade-list of Southwick Nurseries : deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, hardy ferns and flowers, bog plants and orchidsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Edward Gillett's eighth annual catalogue of North American perennial plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, &c., for 1885Author: Classic Public Domain
Wholesale trade list of Southwick Nurseries : hardy ferns and flowers, roses, shrubs, vines, aquatic and bog plants, orchids, etc., etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
Edward Gillett's fifth annual catalogue of North American perennial plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, &c., for 1882Author: Classic Public Domain
Edward Gillett's eleventh annual catalogue of North American wild flowers, orchids, alpine, shrubs, aquatic, climbers and bog plants, rare ferns, etc. for 1888Author: Classic Public Domain
Flora of Lancaster County, Penn. or a catalogue of the plants, orchids, shrubs, trees, ferns, &c. obtainable in Martic and adjoining tonships of Lancaster County, Pa.Author: Classic Public Domain
General catalogue and pricelist of Michigan wild flowers : trees, shrubs, vines, orchids, ferns, aquatics, grasses and sedges suitable for lawns, parks, gardens, rockeries, lakes and pondsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Special list no. 65. No. 65, March 1916 : established orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager, Henry Hurrell.Author: Classic Public Domain
Wholesale trade list : hardy ornamental shrubs, trees and vines, roses, aquatics, and bog plants, orchids, ferns and herbaceous perennialsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Special list no. 66. No. 66, March 1916 : orchids cypripediums / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager, Henry Hurrell.Author: Classic Public Domain
Orchids for beginners : being a descriptive list with cultural directions for the care of the best orchids suitable for florists or private gardenersAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Special list. No. 69, January 1917 : established orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager, Henry Hurrell.Author: Classic Public Domain
Special list of established orchids no. 63. No. 63, August, 1915 : specially selected, for cut flower culture / Lager & Hurrell, orchid grower and importers.Author: Classic Public Domain
Special offer of imported plants : 10,000 stems of cycas revoluta, (the true long-leaved variety), 12,500 plants of orchidsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Special list. No. 77 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager ; Henry Hurrell.Author: Classic Public Domain
Special list. No. 78 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager ; Henry Hurrell.Author: Classic Public Domain
Wholesale trade list of Southwick Nurseries : hardy ferns and flowers, roses, shrubs, vines, aquatic and bog plants, orchids, herbaceous perennials, etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
Orchid, rotted and azalea peats, leaf mould, live sphagnum moss for orchids, baled sphagnum moss, green clump moss, etc., etc.Author: Classic Public Domain
Special offer of a large and splendid collection of orchids : all in the finest condition and including numerous specialties / Geo. E. Baldwin & Co. ; "Hill Top Farm".Author: Classic Public Domain
Annual wholesale offers of native North American ornamental plants : especially the hardy trees, flowering shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, ferns, orchids, etc., of the southern Alleghany MountainsAuthor: Classic Public Domain
Special list. No. 79 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager ; Henry Hurrell.Author: Classic Public Domain
Sweet pea seed for July and early August to December delivery ; Liggit's special winter flowering orchids and spencers / C. U. Liggit.Author: Classic Public Domain
Explore a carefully assembled historical library of 125 books devoted to orchids. The selection prioritises useful, readable editions and substantial works.
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Orchids: their culture and management
Orchids; being the report on the Orchid Conference held at South Kensington ..
Orchids for everyone
Bog-trotting for orchids
Orchids, their structure, history & culture
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Travels and adventures of an orchid hunter. An account of canoe and camp life in Colombia, while collecting orchids in the northern Andes
Folia orchidacea ?An enumeration of the known species of orchids.
Orchids: their culture and management
The orchid-stud book : an enumeration of hybrid orchids of artificial origin ... : with an historical introduction ... and a chapter on hybridising and raising orchids from seed
Reichenbachia : Orchids illustrated and described / by F. Sander, with the assistance of scientific authority ...
Orchids; being the report on the Orchid Conference held at South Kensington ..
Orchids; their culture and management. With descriptions of all the kinds in general cultivation
Orchids for everyone
Bog-trotting for orchids
Orchids, their structure, history & culture
The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects
Reichenbachia ?orchids illustrated and described.by F. Sander with the assistance of scietific authority.
Cool orchids, and how to grow them : with a descriptive list of all the best species in cultivation
The orchid hybrids : enumeration and classification of all hybrids of orchids published up to October 15, 1895
Lilies and orchids; a series of drawings in color of some of the more interesting and beautiful species of these families, together with descriptive text
The Book Of Orchids
The culture of greenhouse orchids : old system and new
Lindenia : iconography of orchids
The Woodlands orchids described and illus. with stories of orchid collecting
Lindenia ?iconography of orchids /conducted by J. Linden [et al.]
Orchids ?the royal family of plants /with illustrations from nature, by Harriet Stewart Miner.
Orchids
The genus Masdevallia /issued by the Marquess of Lothian, chiefly from plants in his collection of orchids at Newbattle Abbey ; plates and descriptions by Florence H. Woolward ; with additional notes by F.C. Lehmann.
Hand-list of orchids, cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens
Reichenbachia ?orchids illustrated and described. Second Series. by F. Sander with the assistance of scietific authority.
Icones orchidearum austro-africanarum extra-tropicarum : or figures, with descriptions, of extra-tropical South African orchids
The orchid manual : for the cultivation of stove, greenhouse, and hardy orchids, with a calendar of monthly operations, and classified lists of species
About orchids; a chat
Notes on Philippine orchids with descriptions of new species
Orchid hybrids. Enumeration and classification of all hybrids of orchids pub. up to Oct. 15. 1895
The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilized by insects
Our native orchids; a series of drawings from nature of all the species found in the northeastern United States
Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects
The orchids of the Cape Peninsula
Various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects
The orchids of New England. A popular monograph
On the elaioplasts in mono- and dicotyledonous plants. --On special cellular bodies which form Anthocyanine. --On a special cellular body found in two orchids
The House of Orchids : and other poems
Orchidaceae Lindenianae ; or, Notes upon a collection of orchids formed in Colombia and Cuba by J. Linden
Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's descriptive catalogue of California flowers : plants, seeds, bulbs, palms, orchids, cacti
darwin, c. r. 1862. on the various contrivances by which british and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. london: john murray. 1st ed., 1st issue.
Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepherd's descriptive catalogue : California flowers plants, seeds bulbs, palms orchids, cacti
Orchids : illustrated and descriptive catalogue and price list
Price list of orchids
Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants
1891 fall trade catalogue of bulbs, seeds for fall planting, palms, orchids, foliage plants, hardy herbaceous perennials, implements, etc.
THE ORCHIDS OF BURMA
Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees
Plant catalogue : orchids, palms, ferns, foliage, and flowering plants, chrysanthemums, hardy plants and shrubs
A descriptive catalogue of orchids, nepenthes, &c. for 1880. Cultivated for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seedmsman and florist, Washington, D. C
Wholesale and retail catalogue of orchids
A catalogue of orchids for 1890, cultivated and for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seedmsman and florist, Washington City, D. C
Orchids and greenhouse plants
Gillett's hardy ferns and flowers, bog plants, native shrubs, orchids
A descriptive catalogue of orchids, for 1882, cultivated for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seedmsman and florist, Washington, D. C
A catalogue of orchids, for 1883, cultivated for sale by John Saul, nurseryman, seedmsman and florist, Washington, D. C
Illustrated and descriptive catalog and price list of orchids : collected, imported and grown by Lager & Hurrell
Edward Gillett's ninth annual catalogue of North American wild flowers, orchids, alpine, shrubs, aquatic, climbers and bog plants rare ferns, etc. for 1886
Hardy trees and shrubs, greenhouse plants, orchids / Julius Roehrs Co. ; [Exotic Nurseries].
Edward Gillett's twelfth annual catalogue of North American wild flowers, orchids, shrubs, climbers : alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, etc. for 1889
Rhododendrons, roses, clematis, azaleas, bulbs, hardy plants, bay trees, evergreens : palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees
James Galen's first annual catalogue of North American herbaceous plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, etc. for 1882
Ferns and Orchids
Wholesale spring catalogue of palms, ferns, orchids, flowering plants, stove plants, hardy perennials : seeds and bulbs
Hardy trees and shrubs, greenhouse plants, orchids [catalog]
Edward Gillett's fourth annual catalogue of North American perennial plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, &c., for 1881
Quarterly trade catalogue of palms, ferns, orchids, flowering plants, stove plants, hardy perennials, seeds and bulbs, etc. etc. : January, February, March, 1896
British orchids : Containing an exhaustive description of each species and variety, to which are added chapters on structure and other peculiarities, cultivation, fertilisation, classification, and distribution
Quarterly trade catalogue of palms, ferns, orchids, flowering plants, stove plants, hardy perennials, seeds and bulbs, etc. etc. : April, May, June, 1895
Orchids, stove, greenhouse and hardy plants, vegetable and flower seeds : for the trade only
Wholesale price-current especially of California and Mexican seeds, bulbs, and plants : lilies, ferns, orchids and cacti, tree and flower seeds, palm seeds, etc.
Wholesale trade-list of Southwick Nurseries : deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, hardy ferns and flowers, bog plants and orchids
Catalogue of orchids : including novelties for 1891
Edward Gillett's eighth annual catalogue of North American perennial plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, &c., for 1885
Wholesale trade list of Southwick Nurseries : hardy ferns and flowers, roses, shrubs, vines, aquatic and bog plants, orchids, etc., etc.
Edward Gillett's fifth annual catalogue of North American perennial plants, orchids, shrubs, climbers, alpine, aquatic, and bog plants, rare ferns, &c., for 1882
Wholesale ferns, orchids, and cacti
Edward Gillett's eleventh annual catalogue of North American wild flowers, orchids, alpine, shrubs, aquatic, climbers and bog plants, rare ferns, etc. for 1888
Quarterly trade catalogue of palms, ferns, orchids, flowering plants, stove plants, hardy perennials, seeds and bulbs, etc., etc. : September, October, November, December, 1895
Orchids, stove and greenhouse plants : select nursery stock
Horsford's trade list of bulbs, ferns, orchids, and bog plants for the summer and autumn of '93
Quarterly trade catalogue of bulbs, palms, orchids, ferns, etc. : July, August, September, 1894
Wholesale fall catalogue of florists' bulbs, palms, orchids, ferns, seeds, etc., 1896
Catalog of orchids
Flora of Lancaster County, Penn. or a catalogue of the plants, orchids, shrubs, trees, ferns, &c. obtainable in Martic and adjoining tonships of Lancaster County, Pa.
General catalogue and pricelist of Michigan wild flowers : trees, shrubs, vines, orchids, ferns, aquatics, grasses and sedges suitable for lawns, parks, gardens, rockeries, lakes and ponds
New or choice orchids.
Special list no. 62. No. 62, August, 1915 : orchids established / Lager & Hurrell, orchid grower and importers.
Special offer of the entire collection of orchids
Special list no. 65. No. 65, March 1916 : established orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager, Henry Hurrell.
Wholesale trade list : hardy ornamental shrubs, trees and vines, roses, aquatics, and bog plants, orchids, ferns and herbaceous perennials
Special list no. 66. No. 66, March 1916 : orchids cypripediums / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager, Henry Hurrell.
Palms, ferns, orchids and flowering plants : also novelties in roses and carnations for 1914 delivery
Orchids for beginners : being a descriptive list with cultural directions for the care of the best orchids suitable for florists or private gardeners
Special list. No. 69, January 1917 : established orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager, Henry Hurrell.
Catalogue of some stove and greenhouse plants : including orchids, palms, ferns, etc.
Special list. No. 73 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell (Nursery)
Special list of established orchids no. 63. No. 63, August, 1915 : specially selected, for cut flower culture / Lager & Hurrell, orchid grower and importers.
Wholesale trade catalog of orchids, palms and greenhouse plants
Quarterly trade catalogue of bulbs, palms, orchids, ferns, etc. : July and August 1895
Orchids : illustrated and descriptive catalogue and price list / collected, imported and grown by Lager & Hurrell.
Special offer of imported plants : 10,000 stems of cycas revoluta, (the true long-leaved variety), 12,500 plants of orchids
Special offer : collections of orchids at reduced prices
Catalogue of orchids : orchids, palms and choice hothouse and greenhouse plants
Special list. No. 77 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager ; Henry Hurrell.
Special list. No. 78 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager ; Henry Hurrell.
Quarterly trade catalogue of palms, ferns, orchids, flowering plants, stove plants, hardy perennials, seeds and bulbs, etc. etc. : January, February, March, 1895
Wholesale trade list of Southwick Nurseries : hardy ferns and flowers, roses, shrubs, vines, aquatic and bog plants, orchids, herbaceous perennials, etc.
Special offer of imported orchids
Orchids : illustrated and descriptive catalogue and price list / collected, imported, and grown by Lager & Hurrell ; Henry Hurrell.
Special offer of tree fern stems, orchids, etc.
British And Foreign Orchids
Orchid, rotted and azalea peats, leaf mould, live sphagnum moss for orchids, baled sphagnum moss, green clump moss, etc., etc.
Special offer of a large and splendid collection of orchids : all in the finest condition and including numerous specialties / Geo. E. Baldwin & Co. ; "Hill Top Farm".
Annual wholesale offers of native North American ornamental plants : especially the hardy trees, flowering shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vines, ferns, orchids, etc., of the southern Alleghany Mountains
Special list. No. 79 : established orchids, including cypripediums and native hardy orchids / Lager & Hurrell, orchid growers and importers ; John E. Lager ; Henry Hurrell.
Sweet pea seed for July and early August to December delivery ; Liggit's special winter flowering orchids and spencers / C. U. Liggit.
The Root-Fungi of Orchids
The woodlands orchids described and illustrated : with stories of orchid-collecting
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Exquisite antique herbal plates and treatises
The color lithographs and botanical classifications are pristine. A tremendous resource for both historical study and botanical illustration reference.
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