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Darwin Correspondence Project

John Gould Veitch

1839–70

Plant collector. Son of James Veitch Jr (1815–69). Travelled in Japan, China, and the Philippines in 1860. Visited Australia and the Pacific in 1864.

Source

Coats 1969, R. Desmond 1994.

Bibliography

Coats, Alice Margaret. 1969. The quest for plants. A history of the horticultural explorers. London: Studio Vista.

Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.

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