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James Veitch & Sons,

The 1939 checklist notes: "James Veitch & Sons, Royal Nurseries, Mt. Radford, Topsham Rd., Exeter, England. Founded 1808 by John Veitch at Killerton, near Exeter. Succeeded in 1864 by Robert Veitch & Son, The Royal Nurseries, New North Rd. Exeter (Robert Toswill Veitch 1823-1885). Owned later by his son, Peter Christian Massyn Veitch (1850-1929), great grandson of the original founder. Large nursery for Ornamentals and rare plants. This and the Chelsea Nursery, founded by James Veitch, the younger, are among the most celebrated of English nurseries. Sir Harry J. Veitch, F.L.S., V.M.H. ( -1929), received the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1906."

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Info1911CatalogVeitchBulbsAndForcingPlants
1911 Catalog Bulbs Forcing Plants, James Veitch Sons Veitch bulbs 1911 For more information on historic Irises visit the Historic Iris Preservation Socie...
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Info1911CatalogVeitchNewPlantsFromChina
1911 New Plants from China, James Veitch Sons Veitch 1911 For more information on historic Irises visit the Historic Iris Preservation Society at http://www….
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Info1912CatalogVeitchBulbs
1912 Bulb catalog, James Veitch Sons Veitch 1912 For more information on historic Irises visit the Historic Iris Preservation Society at http://www.histori...
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Info1913CatalogVeitch
1913 catalog James Veitch Sons Veitch 1913 For more information on historic Irises visit the Historic Iris Preservation Society at http://www.historiciris….
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1917 catalog James Veitch Sons Veitch 1917 For more information on historic Irises visit the Historic Iris Preservation Society at http://www.historiciris.or...
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