History of the Orchid

Name: History of the Orchid
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ISBN: 9780585340012

ISBN-10: 0585340013

ISBN-13: 9780585340012

Edition: N/A

Authors: Merle A. Reinikka, Gustavo A. Romero

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An engaging account of humanity's growing fascination with orchids from ancient times onward, together with a biographical gallery of 50 great scientists, naturalists, & explorers who contributed to our knowledge of orchids. The nomenclature & bibliography have been updated for this edition.

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Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Binding: E-Book
Language: English

Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Historical Development
The Emergence of Orchids as Botanical Entities	p. 3
Expanded Interest and Introductions	p. 11
Classification	p. 40
Cultivation and the Methods Employed	p. 50
The Development of an Industry	p. 61
Hybridization	p. 76
Scientific Application	p. 84
Chronological Guide to Descriptive and Taxonomic Orchid Literature	p. 97
Makers of Orchid History
Carl von Linne	p. 113
Joseph Banks	p. 116
Franz Bauer	p. 122
Olof Swartz	p. 127
Robert Brown	p. 130
William George Spencer Cavendish	p. 136
Hugh Cuming	p. 141
Karl Ludwig Blume	p. 145
Robert Wight	p. 149
John Lindley	p. 153
George Bentham	p. 160
Joseph Paxton	p. 164
George Ure Skinner	p. 169
Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch	p. 174
Charles Robert Darwin	p. 179
James Bateman	p. 184
Karl Theodore Hartweg	p. 187
Josef Ritter von Rawicz Warszewicz	p. 189
John Gibson	p. 193
John Dominy	p. 196
Joseph Dalton Hooker	p. 199
Jean Linden	p. 204
Thomas Lobb	p. 208
Charles Samuel Pollock Parish	p. 211
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach	p. 215
Benedict Roezl	p. 219
Benjamin Samuel Williams	p. 223
Hugh Low	p. 226
Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Mueller	p. 230
Gustave Wallis	p. 234
Robert David Fitzgerald	p. 236
Harry Bolus	p. 241
John Seden	p. 244
Harry Janms Veitch	p. 246
Alfred Celestin Cogniaux	p. 250
William Boxall	p. 253
Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer	p. 255
Frederick William Burbidge	p. 258
Henry Frederick Conrad Sander	p. 260
Walter Davis	p. 264
Charles Curtis	p. 266
David Burke	p. 269
Wilhelm Micholitz	p. 271
Robert Allen Rolfe	p. 275
Henry Nicholas Ridley	p. 279
Henry George Moon	p. 283
Albert Cameron Burrage	p. 287
Johann Jacob Smith	p. 290
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter	p. 293
Oakes Ames	p. 297
Lewis Knudson	p. 302
Index	p. 306
Additions to a Chronological Guide to Descriptive and Taxonomic Orchid Literature	p. 317
Nomenclature Update	p. 321
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