FEBRUARY, 1912. | THE ORCHID REVIEW. 41 
MR. HARRY J. VEITCH, F.L.S., V.M.H. 
WE have now the pleasure of presenting our readers with a portrait of Mr. 
Harry J. Veitch, F.L.S., V.M.H., head of the firm of Messrs. James Veitch 
& Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea—the pioneers of Orchid hybridisa- 
tion—to whom it will be remembered our last volume was dedicated. 
Veitch, who was born at Exeter, came to Chelsea with his father in 
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when the latter took over the business of Messrs. Knight & Perry of the 
Exotic Nursery. <A few years later he commenced his career with the firm, 
and in 1865 was admitted to partnership, assuming the management five 
years later, on the death of his elder brother, John Gould Veitch. It was 
just before Mr. Veitch left Exeter that Mr. Dominy. began to hybridise 
