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 COLLECTORS AND HYBRIDISTS EMPLOYED BY THEM AND A LIST OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OF THEIR INTRODUCTIONS.

VEITCH, James H.

ISBN 10: 0955351502 / ISBN 13: 9780955351501

Published by Caradoc Doy,, Exeter,, 2006

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Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 542. Original publisher's burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt lettering at spine. Beige DJ with burgundy emblem and text. Number 168 in a limited edition of 1000. Includes fifty black and white illustrations. Facsimile edition published to mark the centenary of the original publication. Laid in typed compliments slip from the publisher. ISBN-10: 0955351502 ISBN-13: 9780955351501 Very light creases at top edge of DJ. Fine/about fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 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 COLLECTORS AND HYBRIDISTS EMPLOYED BY THEM AND A LIST OF THE MOST REMARKABLE OF THEIR INTRODUCTIONS.
• Publisher: Caradoc Doy,, Exeter,
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955351502
• ISBN 13: 9780955351501
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A study of the history of the Veitch nurseries botanical plant collecting explorers, and hybridization, of orchids, trees, shrubs, conifers, climbing plants, ferns, greenhouse and insectivorous plants, and fruit and vegetables.