A HISTORY 



OP 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 



BY 



JAMES H. VEITCH 



With fifty 3Uu0tratioit6 



Konfeon 



JAMES VEITCH & SONS LIMITED, CHELSEA 



190G 



