Hortus Veitchii: a History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, Together With an Account of the Botanical ... of the Most Remarkable of Their Introductions by James Herbert Veitch - 2012-01-10

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Cambridge University Press, 2011. Paperback. New. 647 pages. 9.60x6.70x1.40 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. This 1906 work is an account of the Veitch dynasty, who ran plant nurseries in Devon and London during the nineteenth century. They commissioned several expeditions to search for new and exotic flora for British gardens, they were instrumental in bringing many previously unknown plants into cultivation in Britain.

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Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: James Veitch & Sons Limited,, 1906. First and limited edition, one of an unstated number of copies "printed for private circulation only". This is a handsomely illustrated history of the most prominent 19th-century horticultural firm in Britain, with accounts of their most famous botanical collecting explorers and hybridists. It is an essential reference work on plants introduced to Britain during the Victorian era. The Veitch nursery empire was founded about 1800 by John Veitch (1752-1839) and was the first businesses to employ professional plant-hunters. The book "gives a detailed account of the family business and of the men that the firm sent to South America, Japan, China, and India during the period 1840-1906, including distinguished plant finders such as William Lobb, his brother Thomas, who first introduced various types of orchids from India to Britain for cultivation, and Richard Pearce, who brought back tuberous begonias from South America" (introduction to the Cambridge edition).… Read More