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33: 75: 94:, and Benjamin began working under his father at the age of fourteen. He first gained prominence as an orchid grower when he was hired by the orchid collector C. B. Warner, whose orchids soon began winning prizes at top orchid shows. Williams was a business partner of Robert Parker's in a 22: 300: 295: 113: 290: 176: 275: 255: 215: 280: 285: 250: 207: 39: 126: 162:
The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants
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Robert Warner (F.R.H.S.); Benjamin Samuel Williams; Thomas Moore; Henry Williams; William Hugh Gower (1891).
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and nurseryman in London, known mainly for his horticultural notes on orchids in publications such as
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between 1854 and 1861, and later moved to the nearby Victoria and Paradise Nurseries.
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Engraved portrait of Williams, published with his obituary in Vol. IX of
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Williams' father James was gardener to Robert Warner, the botanist, at
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English orchidologist and nurseryman in London (1824–1890)
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Phalaenopsis schilleriana
orchidologist

Highgate Cemetery
Hoddesdon
nursery
Holloway
Highgate Cemetery
author abbreviation
citing
botanical name
The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants
"George Glazer Gallery - Antique Botanical Prints - Orchid Album: J.N. Fitch - B.S. Williams - R. Warner"
the original
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
ISBN
1-84246-085-4
The Orchid Grower's Manual
Categories
English botanists
English botanical writers
Orchidologists
1822 births
1890 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
English horticulturists
Writers from London
19th-century British botanists

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