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Messrs Veitch's Nepenthes house as illustrated in The Gardeners' Chronicle, 1872.
The Veitch Nurseries/ˈviːtʃ/ were the largest group of family-run plant nurseries in Europe during the 19th century. Started by John Veitch sometime before 1808, the original nursery grew substantially over several decades and was eventually split into two separate businesses—based at Chelsea and Exeter—as it became unfeasible to run the whole operation from one location. There was a Veitch Nursery in Kingston at Coombe, on Kingston Hill. Famous plant hunters in the Victorian period employed by the Veitch family include the brothers Thomas Lobb and William Lobb from Cornwall and David Bowman.
Marianne North's painting of Nepenthes northiana, showing a lower and an upper pitcher
The Veitch's ability to grow exotic plants is noted in William Jackson Hooker's description of Verticordia nitens, and they were able to supply a specimen for its illustration.[1]
The firm had, by the outbreak of the First World War, introduced 1281 plants into cultivation, which were either previously unknown or newly-bred varieties (see cultivars). These included 498 greenhouse plants, 232 orchids, 153 deciduous trees, shrubs and climbing plants, 122 herbaceous plants, 118 exotic ferns, 72 evergreen and climbing plants, 49 conifers, and 37 ornamental bulbous plants. In the years to come, more plants followed. The nurseries were most famous for their orchids, although they also introduced several famous plants from other families, such as Nepenthes rajah and Nepenthes northiana. The pitcher plant species N. veitchii is named in honour of the Veitch dynasty.
The Chelsea business ceased to trade in 1914, whilst the Exeter business continued under Peter Veitch and later his daughter Mildred. She in turn sold the firm in 1969, when it was bought by St Bridget Nurseries. The business was run as a separate business for a further 20 years, but is now a subsidiary of St Bridget.
John Veitch, England and Corinthian footballer, was a member of the Veitch family and joined the family firm as company secretary.
^Hooker, William Jackson (1861). "Verticordia nitens". Curtis's Botanical Magazine. 58: Pl. 5286.[permanent dead link]
The VeitchNurseries /ˈviːtʃ/ were the largest group of family-run plant nurseries in Europe during the 19th century. Started by John Veitch sometime before...
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habitat since it was brought to Europe in the 1850s by Thomas Lobb for VeitchNurseries. "Alocasia cuprea K.Koch, Berliner Klin. Wochenschr. 4: 141 (1861)...
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by Charles Maries, who was plant-hunting in Japan at the time for VeitchNurseries. The shrub can exceed expectations of height under the right circumstances...
cultivation in the U.K. by Cornish plant collector William Lobb for VeitchNurseries of Exeter in 1848. Its flowers make it a highly valued ornamental shrub...
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Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina. VeitchNurseries developed a cultivar of Trihesperus latifolius with striped foliage...
Wallis (along with Anthurium veitchii) during his time working for VeitchNurseries. Long sought after for its stunning foliage, Anthurium warocqueanum...
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Richard's nursery. After seven years working with Richard, Charles joined James Veitch & Sons of Chelsea, London in 1876, then one of the largest nurseries in...
at the show by the VeitchNurseries, the first of this species to be cultivated in Europe, won a first class certificate. In Veitch's catalogue for 1889...
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