Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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The following pages contain a record of continuous work for over three-quarters of a century in the field of Horticulture by one family, - work which justly may be claimed to have permanently benefited every garden.

The good fortune to usually find the right assistants for both home and foreign service, and the signal loyalty and capability of those selected, largely contributed to success, and the names of several are well known to all with any knowledge of plants.

To the representatives seeking unknown plants at one period or another in almost every clime, fortune has not invariably been kind, but the work of such men as Thomas Lobb, William Lobb, the late John Gould Veitch, Charles Maries and E. H. Wilson, has been a gain in every way; whilst the efforts in hybridizing and selecting of John Dominy, John Seden, and John Heal, have given a wider interest to all cultivators.

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