Caradoc Doy: Horticulturist

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Hortus Veitchii

Hortus Veitchii Centenary Reprint 2006

Hortus Veitchii is an important botanical work of reference containing details of over 1,500 plants introduced by the nurseries of James Veitch & Sons including information on the plant hunters who found them, where they were found and many other important details. In addition, this book chronicles the details of many of their plant collectors as well as the early hybridization work carried out by their pioneering staff.

Hortus Veitchii is an essential reference for plants introduced during the Victorian era, listing many which are still available from nurseries today and therefore helping gardeners to accurately replicate historic gardens within that period. This is also important for those wishing to preserve rare plants introduced to Britain at that time, as well as being a facsinating historical account of Victorian plant collecting. For further details, please click here.

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Reprints of Veitch Catalogues For Sale

James Veitch & Sons Catalogue of New & Beautiful Plants, 1868

An A5 (210x148mm) facsimile reprint of this rare Veitch catalogue describing many interesting plants not seen before this date and introduced for the first time. All of the plants featured are of James Veitch & Sons' own introduction.

40pp, 14 black and white plates
£15.00 plus p+p

For further details, please click here.

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Plant Sales

A wide range of my plants can now be purchased directly from Busy Lizzie's Craft & Plant Shop, Poppleford's Barn, Exeter Road, Newton Poppleford, Devon, EX10 0DE, which is open every day 10am to 5pm. Telephone 01395 568558.

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Last updated 4th March 2010.

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Caradoc Doy: Horticulturist

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Please note that ALL plants are only despatched within the UK.

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Useful links

• RHS
• Kew
• Plant Heritage: The NCCPG
• Garden Organic
• Brogdale
• The Hardy Plant Society
• HTA
• GCA
• IOH
• Perennial
• Poltimore House

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