> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 315](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066655) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11700-1) LSID 11700-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q366231) QID Q366231 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Williams, Benjamin Samuel (1822-1890), English horticulturist (orchidologist); gardener's training with his father at The Woodlands, Hertfordshire owned by John Warner, some time in charge of the orchid collections at The Woodlands; nurseryman with R. Parker at Holloway 1854-1861; independent flower grower at Holloway from 1861 (Victoria and Paradise nurseries). **Abbreviated name**: *B.S. Williams* \[standard form in IPNI: *B.S.Williams*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 664; BB p. 327; BM 5: 2326, 8: 1436; Desmond p. 661 (b. 2 Mar 1824, d. 24 Jun 1890); Herder p. 289, 367, 435; Hortus 3: 1207; Langman p. 805; Morren ed. 10, p. 73; NI 2160; Rehder 5: 923; TL-2/6282; Tucker 1: 747; Zander ed. 10, p. 733, ed. 11, p. 836. #### Biofile - Allen, D.E., Victorian fern craze 20, 41. 1969. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 258: 162. 1965; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 7: 801. 1890 (d.); Proc. Linn. Soc., London 1890-1892: 27. 1893 (obit. not., d. 24 Jun 1890). - Boase, F., Modern Engl. biogr. 6: 887. 1965. - Ed. P., Rev. hortic. Belg. étrang. 16: 208. 1890 (d.; memorial). - Reinikka, M.A., A history of the orchid 223-225. 1972. - Williams, H., *in* R. Warner et al., Orchid album 9: \[3 p.\]. 1891. #### Composite works - (1) Co-editor, Th. Moore et al., *The orchid album*, vols. 1-9, 1881-1891 (TL-2/6282). - (2) *Notes on culture, in* R. Warner, *Select Orchidaceous plants*, London 1862-1865, TL-2/16.742. ### Publications ##### n.17.731. The orchid-growers manual **Title** *The orchid-growers manual* containing a brief description of upwards of two hundred and sixty orchidaceous plants together with notices of their times of flowering and most approved modes of treatment;... London (Chapman and Hall,...) 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Orch.-grow. man.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1852, frontisp. (col.), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-108. *Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: 1862, p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-xii, \[1\]-160. *Copy*: Harvard (Dumb. Oaks). *Ed. 3*: 1868 (p. ix: Feb 1868), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-251. *Copy*: Harvard (Dumb. Oaks). *Ed. 4*: 1871 (p. viii: Mar 1871), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-300, *pl. Copies*: HH, LIV, NY. – London (published at Victoria and Paradise nurseries...). Duod. *Ed*. 5: 1877 (p. xi: Apr 1877), p. \[i-iv\], frontisp., \[v\]-xi, \[1\]-336, *plates. Copies*: Harvard (Dumb. Oaks), HH, NY. *Ed. 6*: Nov-Dec 1885 (p. xiv: Oct 1885; rev. J. Bot. Mar 1886; Nat. Nov. Jun(2) 1886), p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-659, \[660\], *plates. Copies*: BR, Harvard (Dumb. Oaks), NY. *Ed*. 7: Jun-Jul 1894 (p. iv; Mai 1894; Nat. Nov. Aug(1) 1894; Bot. Zeit. 1 Feb 1895), p. \[i\]-xix, frontisp., p. \[1\]-796, \[797, err.\], *plates. Copies*: G, MO, NY; IDC 5341. – Edited by H. Williams. *Facsimile ed*.: 1973, Lehre (J. Cramer), ISBN 3-7682-0043-4, ii, xx, 798 p. ##### n.17.732. Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and Lycopodiums **Title** *Hints on the cultivation of British and exotic ferns and Lycopodiums* with descriptions of one hundred and fifty species and varieties... London (Chapman and Hall,...) 1852. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hints cult. ferns Lycop.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1852, p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-67. *Copies*: BR, NY. ##### n.17.733. Select ferns and Lycopods **Title** *Select ferns and Lycopods*: British and exotic. Comprising descriptions of nine hundred choice species and varieties, accompanied by directions for their management in the tropical, temperate, and hardy fernery; with illustrations... London (published and sold by the author) 1868. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Select ferns Lycop.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1868 (J. Bot. Jun 1868), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-vi, \[1\]-343, *15 pl. Copies*: HH, NY, PH; IDC 7279. *Other ed*.: 1873 (p. iii: Mar 1873), p. \[i\*\], frontisp., \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-353, *24* (25?) *pl. Copies*: BR, HH, NY. ##### n.17.734. Choice stove and greenhouse flowering plants **Title** *Choice stove and greenhouse flowering plants*, comprising descriptions of upwards of one thousand species and varieties, accompanied by instructions for their cultivation and sold by the author) 1869. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Choice stove greenh. pl.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1869, p. \[i-ii\], frontisp. (col., by J.N. Fitch), \[iii-iv\], err. slip, \[v\]-viii, \[1\]-329, *plates. Copy*: HH. *Ed. 2*: 1873 (p. viii: Feb 1873), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp. (id.), \[iii\]-viii, \[1\]-346, *plates. Copies*: HH, MO. *Ed. 3*: Jan-Mar 1883, viii, 378 p., *49 pl*. (n.v.; Nat. Nov. Apr(2) 1883). ##### n.17.735. Choice stove and greenhouse ornamental-leaved plants **Title** *Choice stove and greenhouse ornamental-leaved plants*, comprising descriptions of upwards of eight hundred species and varieties, accompanied by instructions for their cultivation and mode of management,... London (published and sold by the author) 1870. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Choice stove orn.-leav. pl.* **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1870, p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-viii, \[1\]-340, *plates. Copies*: HH, MO. *Ed. 2*: 1876 (p. vii: Mai 1876), p. \[i-ii\], frontisp., \[iii\]-x, \[1\]-350, *plates. Copy*: HH.