Benjamin Samuel Williams
1824–90
Gardener to the Warner family at Hoddeston. Partner with Robert Parker in a nursery at Seven Sisters Road, Holloway, London, 1854–61; subsequently moved to Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway. A specialist on orchids, he was the author of the popular work The orchid grower’s manual (1852), which was the first successful manual giving instructions for the cultivation of orchids.
Source
R. Desmond 1977, Reinikka 1972, Stewart ed. 1992.
Bibliography
Desmond, Ray. 1977. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists, including plant collectors and botanical artists. 3d ed. London: Taylor and Francis.
Reinikka, Merle A. 1972. A history of the orchid. Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami Press.
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