Veitch Nurseries

Started by John Veitch sometime before 1808, the original nursery grew substantially over several decades and was eventually split into two separate businesses—based at Chelsea and Exeter—as it became unfeasible to run the whole operation from one location.

The Veitch's ability to grow exotic plants is noted in William Jackson Hooker's description of Verticordia nitens, and they were able to supply a specimen for its illustration.

[1] The firm had, by the outbreak of the First World War, introduced 1281 plants into cultivation, which were either previously unknown or newly-bred varieties (see cultivars).

The pitcher plant species N. veitchii is named in honour of the Veitch dynasty.

Most prominent of these were brothers William and Thomas Lobb, Ernest Wilson and Charles Maries.