Rose Breeder  

Listing last updated on Tue Aug 2024

Hammersmith
London,
United Kingdom

James Lee (1754 - June 10, 1824)

See also Lee & Kennedy under Nurseries.

[From Rosetum Gallicum, by Narcisse Desportes, 1828, p. 123:] LÉE (James), à Hammersmith, près Londres.

[From Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists, by Ray Desmond, 1994, p. 421:]
LEE James (1754-1824) d. 10 June 1824.
Son of J. Lee (1715-1795). Partner in Lee and Kennedy's Vineyard Nursery, Hammersmith until 1818; alone 1818-24; left property to his 2nd wife Eliza and his sons John, Charles and James Lee.

[From The Old Rose Adventurer, by Brent C. Dickerson, p. 45:] Mr. Lee the elder of Hammersmith, England.

[From The Old Rose Informant, by Brent C. Dickerson, p. 53: Jean-Pierre Vibert wrote in 1824:] The firms of Lee and Loddiges undertake commercial relations with different points all across the globe, and each one employs perhaps a hundred and fifty people.

[From Roll Call: The Old Rose Breeder by Brent C. Dickerson, p296:] James Lee, Hammersmith, England. (from a family of nurserymen) lived 1754 - June 10, 1824. C1823, the nursery was superintended by one Mr. Brown....