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> [!example] See also [[Bateman, James (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author
### Author
Bateman, James (1811-1897), English horticulturist and orchidologist.
**Abbreviated name**: *Bateman* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bateman*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Bateman's herbarium specimens and drawings of cultivated orchids are at [[Collection K|K]] (some also at [[Collection W|W]]). 7 Original drawings for *The orchidaceae* by Augusta Withers are in the Lindley Library, RHS, London (NI).
*Ref*.: IH 2: 59; NI suppl. 89.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 137; BB p. 23; BM 1: 109; Bossert p. 28; CSP 1: 206, 6: 579; DNB suppl. 1: 137(4107); Jackson p. 519; Kew 1: 176; Langman p. 117; Lasègue p. 527-528; NI 87-89; PR 470-472; Zander ed. 10, p. 632.
- Anon., Garden and Forest 10: 508. 1897.
- Anon., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 22: 400-402, 406 (portr.), 410, 436, 446. 1897 (portr.)
- Anon., Orchid Rev. 6: 10-14, 56-57, 1898 (*n.v.*)
- Anon., Proc. Linn. Soc. 1897-1898: 34-36. 1898.
- Dallman and Wood, Trans. Liverpool bot. Soc. 1: 59-60. 1909.
- Nelmes and Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1827-1927: 42-44. 1932 (portr.)
- Reinikka, Amer. Orch. Soc. Bull. 33: 297-298. 1964.
#### Eponymy
*Batemannia* \[sic\] J. Lindley (1834).
### Publications
##### n.342. The orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
**Title**
*The orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala*. London (J. Ridgway & Sons) \[1837-\] 1843. Broadsheet.
**Abbreviated title**: *Orchid. Mexico Guatemala*.
**Notes**
*Orig. ed*.: t.p. lith., \[i-vi\], \[1\]-12, \[1-4\], *pl. 1-40* each with 2 p. text. *Copy*: U. – In 10 parts between 1837 and 1843, the precise contents and dates of which are unknown. Fasc. 1 was announced as published by the Gardeners' Gazette on 2 Sep 1837; fasc. 2 by Gard. Mag. Sep 1838. "The largest, heaviest, but also probably the finest orchid book ever issued" Blunt (73 × 53 cm). The 40 plates (by Miss S. A. Drake, Miss Jane Edwards, Samuel Holden and Mrs Augusta Withers) are lithographs. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Some of the vignettes are by George Cruikshank. Copies were offered at *£* 3500 in 1973 and *£* 4, 500 in 1974; number of copies printed: 125.
*Facsimile ed*.: New York (Johnson Reprint Corp.), Amsterdam (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum) 1973 (n.v.), (1000 numbered copies, size reduced).
*Ref*.: BM 1: 109; GF 48; HL 561; Jackson p. 368; Kew 1: 176; Langman p. 117; NI 89; PR 470; IDC 6124.
##### n.343. A monograph of Odontoglossum
**Title**
*A monograph of Odontoglossum*. London (Lovell Reeve & Co.) \[1864-\]1874. Broadsheet.
**Abbreviated title**: *Monogr. Odontoglossum*.
**Notes**
|part |*plates* |dates |
|--- |--- |--- |
|1 |1-5 |1864 |
|2 |6-10 |1865 |
|3 |11-15 |1866 |
|4 |16-20 |1867|
|5 |21-25 |1873|
|6 |26-30, \[i-xiii\] |1874|
*Copies*: BR, G (orig. covers), MO, NY. – Part 6 publ. after 24 Apr 1874 (see P. x). – The handcoloured plates (lithographs) are by W. H. Fitch who "here shows incredible ability in dealing with complicated botanical specimens" (Blunt). – Broadsheet (55 × 38 cm), 36 lvs of text, *30 pl*. (a copy was offered for *£* 750 in 1974). – The book is often cited with the subtitle "a genus of the Vandeous section of Orchidaceous plants".
This may have appeared on the covers.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 109; GF p. 49; Jackson p. 137; Kew 1: 176; Langman p. 117; NI 88; PR 472; SK p. clxviii (Stearn); IDC 5836.
##### n.344. A second century of orchidaceous plants
**Title**
*A second century of orchidaceous plants*. Selected from the subjects published in 'Curtis' Botanical Magazine' since the issue of the 'first century'. London (L. Reeve & Co.) 1867. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Second cent. orchid. Pl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1867, p. \[i\]-viii, *pl. 101-200*, with text, handcoloured lithographs by W. H. Fitch. The first *Century* was published by W. J. Hooker (1849). – A copy was offered at *£* 320.– in 1974. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, NY. – Jackson indicates that the book was published in parts between 1864-1870.
*Ref*.: BM 1: 109; GFB p. 49; Jackson p. 138; Kew 1: 176; Langman p. 117; NI 87; PR 471.