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.

pp.648 with 50 b/w. plates. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. A numbered copy from the limited edition of 1,000 copies. RRP £95.00. Comes with a copy of the (98-page) Plant Hunters Guide to the Devon Veitch Legacy (Pub. 2020) which allows the reader to find where plants collected by the Veitch family are growing in the gardens and countryside of Devon today. A most fascinating work. Hortus Veitchii begins with a biographical introduction to the Veitch family and their interests. Around a fifth of the work is dedicated to accounts of 27 of the leading plant collectors and hybridists whom the Veitch s employed, including William Lobb, Thomas Lobb and E.H. Wilson. The book then focusses on the vast number of plants these men brought back and worked on; not just by listing them, but through an enticing mixture of detailed background text and photographs.