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                                  THE
                             ORCHID ALBUM,


                               COMPRISING
                   <DW52> FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS
                                   OF
                        NEW, RARE, AND BEAUTIFUL
                          ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS.


                              CONDUCTED BY
                    ROBERT WARNER, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.,
                 Author of SELECT ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS,
                                  AND
              BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.,
               Author of the ORCHID-GROWERS’ MANUAL, etc.

     The Botanical Descriptions by THOMAS MOORE, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.,
                CURATOR of the CHELSEA BOTANIC GARDENS.

          _THE <DW52> FIGURES BY JOHN NUGENT FITCH, F.L.S._


                               VOLUME I.


                                LONDON:
                      Published by B. S. Williams,
                                 AT THE
          VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, UPPER HOLLOWAY, N.
                              MDCCCLXXXII.

                               DEDICATED
                         BY SPECIAL PERMISSION
                                   TO
                    _H.R.H. The Princess of Wales,_
                                   BY
                          HER ROYAL HIGHNESS’
                                      Very obedient and humble Servants,
                                                          ROBERT WARNER,
                                                   BENJAMIN S. WILLIAMS.




                                PREFACE.


The great advances which have been made within the last few years in the
introduction and the cultivation of Exotic Orchids, have suggested the
desirability of devoting a monthly publication to the illustration of
the best forms of these singular and captivating aristocratic plants,
and also to the explanation of the most successful methods of growing
them, its object being to supply such information concerning them as the
Orchid Grower may be likely to find useful in directing his purchases,
and in suggesting the various points of discreet and masterly
management. Moreover, we have found that figures of the better varieties
of Orchids are much in request.

These considerations have induced us to commence the publication of the
Orchid Album, in the confident expectation that we shall meet with
sufficient support and encouragement to enable us to continue it, and,
so far as our experience goes, we have no reason to feel disappointed,
for we find that Orchid growers, both amateur and professional, are
taking a marked interest not only in the plates but also in the cultural
notes.

In regard to the subjects for illustration, we hope in due course to
figure not only the typical form of all the more popular and interesting
species, but also the leading varieties, when they prove sufficiently
distinct and meritorious. It is for these that we anticipate our
subscribers and readers will most anxiously look.

Being of Royal Quarto size, the pages of the Album are sufficiently
large to enable the artist to produce ample and intelligible portraits
of the plants without their becoming cumbersome; and, as they will be
drawn and  in the best style, we confidently hope they will
prove to be acceptable to the lovers and growers of Orchids generally.
Thus we trust we may be permitted to lay before our patrons an
acceptable Annual Album of Floral Pictures, which will be, at once,
welcomed both to the Drawing-room and the Library.

The work has been commenced in deference to the urgent representations
of many of the leading cultivators of these remarkable and fascinating
plants, who have pointed out to us the want which we are now
endeavouring to meet. The great advantage and pleasure which Orchid
Growers have derived from the publication of such illustrated works as
the _Select Orchidaceous Plants_, and such practical instructions as are
given in the _Orchid Grower’s Manual_, lead us to believe that there
exists a desire and a taste for further Orchidic literature, which we
trust the Orchid Album may in some considerable degree supply. Our chief
aim will be to give authentic information as to the nomenclature of the
plants, and to disseminate correct instructions in regard to their
cultural requirements. The finer new Orchids, as well as the older
meritorious species and varieties, will be figured with equal fidelity,
and described with equal accuracy. We shall at all times feel grateful
to those Amateurs or Trade growers who may give us information as to the
flowering either of novelties or of remarkably fine forms of the older
kinds, especially if they are such as will be suitable for figuring.

The Annual Volumes will consist of the twelve Monthly Parts issued up to
June in each year, when the volume will be completed by the publication
of a Title Page and Index.

                                                         B. S. WILLIAMS.

  Victoria and Paradise Nurseries,
      Upper Holloway, London, N.,
          _June 1st, 1882_.




                            INDEX TO PLATES.


                                                                   PLATE
  AËRIDES LOBBII, _Hort. Veitch_                                      21
  ANGRÆCUM EBURNEUM, _Du Pet.-Th._                                    41
  ANGULOA RUCKERII SANGUINEA, _Lindl._                                19
  BURLINGTONIA CANDIDA, _Lindl._                                      18
  CALANTHE VEITCHII, _Lindl._                                         31
  CATTLEYA GUTTATA LEOPOLDII, _Lind. et Rchb. f._                     16
  CATTLEYA MENDELII GRANDIFLORA, _Williams et Moore_                   3
  CATTLEYA MORGANÆ, _Williams et Moore_                                6
  CATTLEYA SUPERBA SPLENDENS, _Lem._                                  33
  CATTLEYA TRIANÆ, _Lind. et Rchb. f._                                45
  CATTLEYA VELUTINA, _Rchb. f._                                       26
  CŒLOGYNE MASSANGEANA, _Rchb. f._                                    29
  CYMBIDIUM PARISHII, _Rchb. f._                                      25
  CYPRIPEDIUM CHLORONEURUM, _Rchb. f._                                37
  CYPRIPEDIUM LAWRENCEANUM, _Rchb. f._                                22
  CYPRIPEDIUM POLITUM, _Rchb. f._                                     36
  CYPRIPEDIUM STONEI, _Low_                                            8
  DENDROBIUM AINSWORTHII ROSEUM, _Moore_                              20
  DENDROBIUM BIGIBBUM, _Lindl._                                       38
  DENDROBIUM SUAVISSIMUM, _Rchb. f._                                  13
  DENDROBIUM SUPERBUM, _Rchb. f._                                     42
  EPIDENDRUM VITELLINUM MAJUS, _Hort._                                 4
  LÆLIA ANCEPS DAWSONI, _Anders._                                     44
  LÆLIA ELEGANS ALBA, _Williams et Moore_                             30
  LÆLIA PURPURATA WILLIAMSII, _Hort._                               9-10
  LÆLIA SCHRÖDERII, _Williams et Moore_                                2
  LÆLIA XANTHINA, _Lindl._                                            23
  MASDEVALLIA HARRYANA CŒRULESCENS, _Hort._                           24
  MASDEVALLIA SHUTTLEWORTHII, _Rchb. f._                               5
  MILTONIA CUNEATA, _Lindl._                                          46
  ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRÆ, _Batem._                                   47
  ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRÆ FLAVEOLUM, _Williams et Moore_              43
  ODONTOGLOSSUM ANDERSONIANUM, _Rchb. f._                             35
  ODONTOGLOSSUM BREVIFOLIUM, _Lindl._                                 27
  ODONTOGLOSSUM KRAMERI, _Rchb. f._                                   40
  ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR, _Hook._                                           1
  ONCIDIUM GARDNERI, _Lindl._                                         12
  ONCIDIUM HÆMATOCHILUM, _Lindl._                                     32
  PAPHINIA CRISTATA, _Lindl._                                         34
  PESCATOREA KLABOCHORUM, _Rchb. f._                                  17
  PHALÆNOPSIS AMABILIS DAYANA, _Hort._                                11
  PHALÆNOPSIS STUARTIANA NOBILIS, _Rchb. f._                          39
  PROMENÆA CITRINA, _Don._                                             7
  TRICHOPILIA SUAVIS ALBA, _Hort._                                    14
  VANDA CŒRULESCENS, _Griff._                                         48
  VANDA PARISHII, _Rchb. f._                                          15
  ZYGOPETALUM GAUTIERI, _Lem._                                        28




                      INDEX TO NOTES AND SYNONYMS.


                                                             UNDER PLATE
  Aërides Fieldingii, Dr. Ainsworth’s                                  4
  Aërides Leeanum, Mr. Law-Schofield’s                                37
  Aërides odoratum majus, Mrs. Arbuthnot’s                            14
  Aërides Schröderii, Dr. Ainsworth’s                                  4
  Aërides suavissimum, Mr. Coates’                                    18
  Angræcum eburneum virens                                            41
  Angræcum sesquipedale, Mr. Coates’                                  18
  Angræcum superbum, _Du Pet.-Th._                                    41
  Bletia xanthina, _Rchb. f._                                         23
  Bollea cœlestis, as a block plant                                   40
  Bolleas, Mr. Gair’s                                                 17
  Cattleya Dowiana, Mr. Dodgson’s                                     19
  Cattleya Dowiana, Mr. Lee’s                                          2
  Cattleya gigas, Mr. Bockett’s                                        6
  Cattleya gigas, Mr. Lee’s                                            2
  Cattleya labiata Lindigiana, _Karst._                               45
  Cattleya labiata Trianæ, _Duch._                                    45
  Cattleya Leopoldii, _Hort. Versch._                                 16
  Cattleya superba, Sir T. Lawrence’s                                  3
  Cattleya Trianæ, Mr. Wright’s                                       41
  Cattleya Trianæ Dod