Peter Veitch

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Peter Christian Massyn Veitch (February 1850 1929) was a member of the family of horticulturists who established the renowned family business Veitch Nurseries. Veitch was the son of Robert Veitch and was born in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, where his father was farming, before his father returned to England to join the family nursery company in 1856. In 1867, he was employed by the London branch of the family business under his uncle James Veitch, Jr., working at the Coombe Wood nurseries as an assistant nurseryman in the "Trees & Shrubs" department, before transferring to work in the "New Plant" department at Chelsea, London, where he stayed until 1869. He was then sent to a seed-growing establishment in Germany, and then to a seed-house in France for six months, before returning to Chelsea. By 1875, James Veitch & Sons was under the control of Peter's cousin, Harry Veitch, who dispatched him "to visit, on behalf of the firm,the clients in Australasia, and, at the same time, introduce to England any plants likely to be of value for horticultural purposes."

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786131128684
• ISBN-10: 6131128685
• Artikelnr.: 29917794