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Title: The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Ornamental horticulture Horticulture Plants, Ornamental Gardening
Publisher: London : (Gardeners Chronicle)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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ost part wholesale merchants, and socan hardly be ranked with seedsmen as-we now understand the term. The ex- 284 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. (October 25, 1913. ceptions would seem to be Gordon, For-syth and Co., of 25, Fenchurch Street;John Lewis, of 74, Cornhill; M. Sampey,of 82, Bishopsgate Without; W. Walter,of 97, Leadenhall Street; Warner andSeaman, of 28, Cornhill; and John Field,of 25, Gracechurch Street. Of seedsmen and nurserymen to befound a century ago in the neighbourhoodof the Strand and Fleet Street quite themost interesting firm is that of Minier, Beside Minier, Minier and Nash, therewas the firm of Beck and Allan at 67,Strand; Mason and Son, florists andnet-makers, at 152, Fleet Street; andThatcher and Sons, who also combined net-making with seeds, at 147, Fleet Street.John Allport was at 39, Holborn Hill, and,whilst on the subject of Holborn, one can-not help wondering if the William Carter,who was in business as a seedsman at 68,West Smithfield, was in anyway connected
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Fig. 103.—eucryphia pinnatifolia with double flowep-S. Minier and Nash, who were at 63, Strand.As will be seen from the list givenpreviously, this firm was establishedhere in 1771, and probably earlier,and it continued here until 1880 or1881. In 1882 the firm, under the titleof Minier, Nash and Nash, no longerfigured in the> London Directory. Twoother of the 1771 firms were in existencein 1812—J. Gordon, under a slightlyaltered form of nomenclature, was at 25,Fenchurch Street, and John Field hadremoved from Lower Thames Street toGracechurch Street. with James Carter, the founder of tiregreat Holborn business which still bearshis name-. The West End of London hadits fair share of the trade in 1812. A.Bowie was at 4, Edward Street, PortmanSquare, as a nurseryman and seedsman ;Thomas Gibbs and Co., seedsmen andnurserymen to the Board of Agriculture,were at the corner of Half Moon Street,Piccadilly, and remained there at leastas late as 1890; James Hairs and Iveywere at 29, St. Jam

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