BATEMAN, James. A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants. Selected from the Subjects Published in 'Curtis Botanical Magazine' since the Issue of the 'First Century.' London: L. Reeve & Co., 1867. 4 o (304 x 232 mm). Half-title. 100 hand-colored lithographic plates by and after Walter Hood Fitch many only partially colored. Contemporary dark-green half morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt (a bit worn). Provenance : Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate dated 1869; stamps). FIRST EDITION of Bateman's continuation of Sir William Jackson Hooker's A Century of Orchidaceous Plants , published by Reeve in 1846. The present work was issued in parts between 1864 and 1870 (according to B. Jackson Guide to the Literature of Botany , 1881), and like its predecessor includes specimens originally featured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine . Many of the species described are cool-climate orchids: these were largely ignored by collectors, after some initial enthusiasm, until the basic fact that they required a cool climate to flourish was understood. This took over twenty years and the present work covers the period when the group was embraced with renewed enthusiasm. BM (NH) I,p.109; Great Flower Books (1990), p.73; Nissen BBI 87; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 344.
BATEMAN, James. A Second Century of Orchidaceous Plants. Selected from the Subjects Published in 'Curtis Botanical Magazine' since the Issue of the 'First Century.' London: L. Reeve & Co., 1867. 4 o (304 x 232 mm). Half-title. 100 hand-colored lithographic plates by and after Walter Hood Fitch many only partially colored. Contemporary dark-green half morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt (a bit worn). Provenance : Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate dated 1869; stamps). FIRST EDITION of Bateman's continuation of Sir William Jackson Hooker's A Century of Orchidaceous Plants , published by Reeve in 1846. The present work was issued in parts between 1864 and 1870 (according to B. Jackson Guide to the Literature of Botany , 1881), and like its predecessor includes specimens originally featured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine . Many of the species described are cool-climate orchids: these were largely ignored by collectors, after some initial enthusiasm, until the basic fact that they required a cool climate to flourish was understood. This took over twenty years and the present work covers the period when the group was embraced with renewed enthusiasm. BM (NH) I,p.109; Great Flower Books (1990), p.73; Nissen BBI 87; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 344.
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