THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE OFFICE,
41. Wellington Street. Strand. W. C.
London
Dec. 24 1889
Dear Sir
In reply to your note1 concerning Cape Heaths I may say that you will probably have a difficulty in getting any but "marker" sorts now, but you might try mess. Cutbush of Highgate2, Williams of Holloway3 or Low of Clapton4 — They still [2] have a good collection of species at Kew and if you were to put yourself into communication with Prof MacOwan5 of the Cape Town Botanic Garden you would probably get seeds — There are many Cape plants as you know besides Heaths that would be likely to do well in your locality[.]
faithfully | Maxwell T. Masters6 [signature] | Ed. G. C.
A R Wallace Esq LLD &c
Low & Company was a leading English nursery specialising in orchids and other tropical plants. Established in the early 19th century by Scots horticulturalist John Bain Mackay, the company was taken over by its foreman and propagator Hugh
Low in 1831 and continued at the Clapton site until it relocated to Enfield in the 1880s. (Julia Lafferty, Hackney Society)
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