nursery, was sent by Mr. Veitch to Java, and the 
success which attended his efforts were not short of that 
of his brother. In the first parcel he sent home was 
that magnificent Orchid Plialccnopsis grandiflora, not 
before known in England, Vanda suavis, and numerous 
others. 
To enumerate all the plants that these gentlemen 
have discovered, or which Mr. Yeitcli has been the 
means of introducing, would occupy more space than 
we can afford to devote; but we shall furnish a list of 
some of the most remarkable of theso introductions, 
showing to what an extent the country is now indebted 
to the enterprise of Mr. Vcilch. It may be worth 
recording, that all these new introductions, whether in 
the shape of seeds, or living plants, are on their arrival 
taken under Mr. Veitch's personal care. He sows all 
seeds with his own hands, watches and tends to them ; 
and it is not until they arc beyond all danger that they 
are committed to the management of others. 
In April, 1853, the old establishment of Messrs. 
Knight and Perry, of the King’s Road, Chelsea, 
being about to be relinquished, was offered to Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, of Exeter, who shortly afterwards 
became its possessors; and now, in this extensiye 
