The orchid grower's manual : containing descriptions of upwards of nine hundred and thirty species and varieties of orchidaceous plants : together with notices of their times of flowering, and most approved modes of treatment : also, plain and practical instructions relating to the general culture of orchids : remarks on the heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and rest best suited to the several species

Benjamin Samuel Williams

Published at Victoria and Paradise nurseries, Upper Holloway, London; Williams, 1877

[Orchidology] Bound in publisher's green cloth, with gilt orchid on front. Hardcover. Gutter cracked. A few signatures sprung. xi, 336 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (many folded) : color frontispiece; 20 cm. 

Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman.  According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener."