Pages That Mention Royal Exotic Nursery
Papers of Ernest Henry Wilson, 1896-1952. Memorandum and agreement between James Veitch & Sons, and Ernest Henry Wilson, 1899.
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Memorandum of an Agreement made the eleventh twenty-seventh day of April of March 1899 between James Veitch and Sons Ltd. of the Royal Exotic Nursery, Kings Road, Chelsea in the County of Middlesex of the one part, and Ernest Henry Wilson of Llyswen Villa, Yardley Road, HayCock's Green near Birmingham in the County of Warwick of the other part
1 Ernest Henry Wilson agrees with James Veitch & Sons Ltd to proceed to China for a term of not more than three years for the purpose of collecting plants, bulbs, seeds and other objects of Natural History, the whole of which are to be collected for and sent to the said James Veitch & Sons Ltd and to no one else, as opportunities may offer.
2 James Veitch & Sons Ltd agree to place at the disposal of Ernest Henry Wilson the sum of £500 per annum for the expenses of the mission, for which he will be authorised to draw, as he may require, upon James Veitch & Sons Ltd through their Agents; this sum of £500 is not to be exceeded without the per-mission of the said James Veitch & Sons Ltd.
3 The above mentioned sum of £500 per annum shall include the yearly stipend of Ernest Henry Wilson which shall be at the rate of One hundred pounds for the first year, one hundred and twenty-five pounds for the second year, and one hundred and fifty pounds for