INTRODUCTION 



have worthily filled a prominent position in the world of 

 horticulture ; one, moreover, whose memory will continue to 

 be cherished by those who had the pleasure to know him 

 intimately as that of a manly, straightforward, single-hearted, 

 earnest and sincere friend. The Veitch Memorial will now, in 

 most people's minds, possess a double interest, as it will be 

 henceforth impossible to dissociate the memory of the son 

 from that of the father." 



From 1870 for thirty years the responsibility of successful 

 guidance has rested with Mr. Harry J. Veitch, for some few 

 years assisted by his brother the late Mr. Arthur Veitch, and 

 to his ceaseless watchfulness and ability is due the steady 

 progress of the business. 



The direct control Mr. Harry J. Veitch relinquished some 

 few years since, when advantage was taken of the Company 

 Law to convert the business into a Limited Liability Company, 

 with Mr. James H. Veitch as Managing Director and Mr. 

 John Gould Veitch as Secretary, the whole of the shares 

 remaining in the hands of the family. 



Amongst other efforts in the interests of Horticulture are a 

 Manual of Coniferae, the first edition long since exhausted, 

 the Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, and various papers in the 

 Journals of the Linnean and the Royal Horticultural Societies. 

 The material for the following 422 plates in Curtis' 's Botanical 

 Magazine is attributed by the editors to Messrs. Veitch : 



1. Gloxinia speciosa, var. ma- 



crophylla . . . t. 3934. 



2. Alstrcemeria nemorosa . t. 3958. 



3. Primula denticulata . t. 3959. 



4. Habranthus pratensis, var. 



quadriflora . . . t. 3961. 



5. Echites (Dipladenia) 



splendens . . . t. 3976. 



6. Rondeletia loqgiflora . t. 3977. 



7. Tropseolum azureum . t. 3985. 



8. Begonia coccinea . . t. 3990. 



9. Gesneria polyantha . . t. 3995. 



10. Echites hirsuta . . . t. 3997. 



11. Passiflora Actinia . . t. 4009. 



12. Stigmaphyllon heterophyl- 



lum . . . . t. 4014. 



13. Canavalia ensiformis. . t. 4027. 



14. Hypocyrta strigillosa . t. 4047. 



15. Clematis montana, var. 



grand iflora . . . t. 4061. 

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